-atic

a suffix used in forming adjectives from verbs and nouns: aquatic, enzymatic.

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advocate
to give up possession or occupancy of.
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Origin of -atic

< Latin -āticus. See -ate1,-ic

Words nearby -atic

-ast, -aster, -ata, -ate, -athon, -atic, -ation, -ative, -ator, -atory, -bacter
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British Dictionary definitions for -atic

-atic

suffix forming adjectives

of the nature of the thing specifiedproblematic

Word Origin for -atic

from French -atique, from Greek -atikos
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