Ate

[Gr. "Ατη ( Ate ) = the godde of mischief, authore of all blind and foolish actions; ἄτη (at) = (1) bewilderment, judicial blindne , (2) sin, (3) destruction; from daw (aa) =(1) to hurt, (2) to go astray.] 1. Cla . Myth . The godde thus described (the term being used by or attributed to persons who may have believed her to have had a real existence). "Not by myself, but vengeful Ate , driven." Pope: Homer's Iliad , bk. xix., 92 "And Cæsar's spirit, ranging for revenge,.... With Ate by side, come hot from hell." Shakesp.: Julius Cæsar, iii. 1. 2. Gen.: Mischief or destruction personified (the term Ate being used by, or attributed to, those who did not believe in its cla ical mythology). "Come, talk not of her you shall find her the infernal Ate in good apparel."-Shakesp.: Much Ado about Nothing , ii. L. -ate, in compos . [From the Lat. suffix -at us , the pa. par. of verbs belonging to the first conjugation, or sometimes from their supine -atum .] I. As a termination in adjectives it is equivalent to the participle or participial adjective -ed; as animate , adj., the same as animated = po e ed of breath, life, or spirit; determinate = determined. II. As a termination in verbs it is in almost every case formed fro in the adjective. It signifies either to make, or to act, or do that which is indicated by the adjective or sub 353