Defn: Characterized by ataxy, that is, (a) by great irregularity of functions or symptoms, or (b) by a want of coordinating power in movements. Ataxic fever, malignant typhus fever. Pinel.
ATAZIR
At`a*zir", n. Etym: [OF., fr. Ar. al-tasir influence.] (Astron.)
Defn: The influence of a star upon other stars or upon men. [Obs.]
Chaucer.
ATE
Ate,
Defn: the preterit of Eat.
ATE
A"te, n. Etym: [Gr. (Greek. Myth.)
Defn: The goddess of mischievous folly; also, in later poets, the goddess of vengeance.
-ATE -ate. Etym: [From the L. suffix -atus, the past participle ending of verbs of the 1st conj.]
1. As an ending of participles or participial adjectives it is equivalent to -ed; as, situate or situated; animate or animated.
2. As the ending of a verb, it means to make, to cause, to act, etc.; as, to propitiate (to make propitious); to animate (to give life to).