curate

[ noun kyoo r-it; verb kyoo-reyt, kyoo r-eyt ]

/ noun ˈkyʊər ɪt; verb kyʊˈreɪt, ˈkyʊər eɪt /

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noun

Chiefly British. a member of the clergy employed to assist a rector or vicar.

any ecclesiastic entrusted with the cure of souls, as a parish priest.

verb (used with object), cu·rat·ed, cu·rat·ing.

to take charge of (a museum) or organize (an art exhibit): to curate a photography show.

to pull together, sift through, and select for presentation, as music or website content: “We curate our merchandise with a sharp eye for trending fashion,” the store manager explained.

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Origin of curate

1300–50; Middle English curat (< Anglo-French) < Medieval Latin cūrātus, equivalent to Latin cūr(a) care + -ātus -ate¹

OTHER WORDS FROM curate

cu·rat·ic

[kyoo-rat-ik] /kyʊˈræt ɪk/, cu·rat·i·cal, adjectivecu·rate·ship, nouncu·ra·tion, nounsub·cu·rate, noun

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Example sentences from the Web for curate

For his blog, Otting teams with his mom to curate each post.
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And, the moderators attempt to curate the content with the same respect.
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The first stage of his Imago Mundi collection has taken Benetton and his team five years to curate.
Luciano Benetton’s Imago Mundi Exhibition Opens in Venice|Amelia Martyn-Hemphill|August 28, 2013|DAILY BEAST
Last year, festival director Laszlo Jakab Orsos had the idea of asking a special writer to curate a book bag.
Pulitzer Winner Jennifer Egan’s PEN Festival Book Bag|Jennifer Egan|April 23, 2012|DAILY BEAST

According to Diamond, Deitch called him a year ago to propose that he curate Transmission: LA and has been very hands-on since.
Mike D. Curates ‘Transmission LA’ at MOCA Los Angeles|Isabel Wilkinson|April 20, 2012|DAILY BEAST
Our cousin the curate loved, while he was yet a boy, Flora, of the sparkling eyes and the ringing voice.
The Best of the World's Classics, Restricted to Prose, Vol. X (of X) - America - II, Index|Various
I had to go back to search for the curate and ask his pardon, like a dog with its tail between its legs.
She and I, Volume 1|John Conroy Hutcheson
The curate had of course called to inquire after her, but had not been invited to enter.
Thomas Wingfold, Curate|George MacDonald
They rested now upon the bride, now upon the bridegroom, now upon the faces of the rector and his curate.
Henry Dunbar|M. E. Braddon
The curate is sick, and we are obliged to defer it,” replied the dame, in haste; “but what success in the contributions?
The Betrothed|Alessandro Manzoni

British Dictionary definitions for curate (1 of 2)

curate¹

/ (ˈkjʊərɪt) /

noun

a clergyman appointed to assist a parish priest

a clergyman who has the charge of a parish (curate-in-charge)

Irish an assistant barman

Word Origin for curate

C14: from Medieval Latin cūrātus, from cūra spiritual oversight, cure

British Dictionary definitions for curate (2 of 2)

curate²

/ (kjʊəˈreɪt) /

verb

(tr) to be in charge of (an art exhibition or museum)

Word Origin for curate

C20: back formation from curator

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curate

noun

verb (used with object), cu·rat·ed, cu·rat·ing.

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