Pate

pat, n. The head top of the head. [OF., a plate, band of iron, G. platte, a plate, bald pate, head, LL. platta, the clerical tonsure.] Patent, pa'tent or pafent, a. Open; expanded; evident; manifest; apparent. (Bot.) Spreading. Open to public perusal, — said of a document conferring some right or privilege, as, letters patent appropriated by letters patent; restrained from general use. — Patient, n. A letter patent, or letters patent; a writing securing to a person, for a term of years, am, fame, far, pa or opera, fare Snd, PATERNAL the exclusive right to an invention.— To secure the exclusive right of to a person. [OF. L. patens, -entts, p. pr. of patere, to lie open; Gr. pet ann i in a i, to spread out, unfold; pace, pa , pan, petal, fathom, expanse.] — Patentee', -e', n. One to whom a grant made or a privilege secured by patent. — Patefac'tion, n. Act of laying open or man and if est ing;facere,open to declaration.make.] — [L. patefactio, fr. patere Pat'en, n. The plate on which the consecrated bread in the Eucharist placed. [OF. patene, LL. paten a, paten, L. paten a, patina,.shallow bowl, pan, q. v., fr. patere, Gr. patane, a flat dish, ir.petannunai.] — Pat'era, -er-a, n. pi. -rje, -re. An ancient saucer-like ve el of Patera. earthenware or metal. (Arch.) A circular dish-ornament, worked in relief on friezes, etc. [L.] — Patel'la, pa-tel'la, n.; pi. -l.e, E. pi. -las, -laz. (Anat.) The knee-pan sec Skeleton. [L., dim. of patina, paten a.]