legate

名词 n. 动词 v.
中文释义

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. A deputy representing the pope, specifically a papal ambassador sent on special ecclesiastical missions.
  2. A legacy or bequest. obsolete
  3. An ambassador or messenger.
    — Moſt great and puiſant Monarke of the earth, Your Baſſoe wil accompliſh your beheſt: And ſhew your pleaſure to the Perſean, As fits the Legate of the ſtately Turke.
  4. The deputy of a provincial governor or general in ancient Rome.
    — Legate, I had the news last night—my cohort ordered home By ships to Portus Itius and thence by road to Rome.
动词 v.
  1. To leave as a legacy. transitive
  2. past participle of legate form-of,obsolete,participle,past

词形变化

legates plural legates present,singular,third-person legating participle,present legated participle,past legated past legates plural

词汇关系

衍生词
legatee legateship
相关词
legacy legatine legation prolegate

词源

词源 1
Inherited from Old English legat(e), from Old French legat, from Latin lēgātus, substantivized from the perfect passive participle of lēgō (“to bequeath, send as envoy”).
词源 2
Borrowed from Latin lēgātus, perfect passive participle of lēgō (“to bequeath, leave as legacy, legate”), see -ate (verb-forming suffix) and -ate (adjective-forming suffix).
词源 3
Borrowed from Latin lēgātum (“a legacy”), substantivized from the neuter forms of the perfect passive participle of lēgō (“to bequeath, leave as legacy, legate”). Doublet of legacy.
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