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donate

[ doh-neyt, doh-neyt ]
/ ˈdoʊ neɪt, doʊˈneɪt /
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verb (used with object), do·nat·ed, do·nat·ing.
to present as a gift, grant, or contribution; make a donation of, as to a fund or cause: to donate used clothes to the Salvation Army.
verb (used without object), do·nat·ed, do·nat·ing.
to make a gift, grant, or contribution of something; give; contribute: They donate to the Red Cross every year.
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Origin of donate

1775–85, Americanism; probably back formation from donation

OTHER WORDS FROM donate

do·na·tor, nounpre·do·nate, verb (used with object), pre·do·nat·ed, pre·do·nat·ing.un·do·nat·ed, adjective
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Words related to donate

award, bequeath, contribute, devote, give, give away, grant, hand out, present, provide, accord, bestow, confer, subscribe, ante up, chip in, dole out, feed the kitty, lay on, pass the hat

How to use donate in a sentence

  • Sometimes the means would not be just ready to the day, but almost invariably donators paid honorably.

    Forty Years Among the Indians|Daniel W. Jones

  • The truth is, I fancy, that she approached generous donators for too many different objects and too many times.

    The Living Present|Gertrude Franklin Horn Atherton

British Dictionary definitions for donate

donate
/ (dəʊˈneɪt) /
verb
to give (money, time, etc), esp to a charity

Derived forms of donate

donator, noun
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