donate
[ doh-neyt, doh-neyt ]
/ ˈdoʊ neɪt, doʊˈneɪt /
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.
Origin of donate
1775–85,
Americanism; probably back formation from
donation
SYNONYMS FOR donate
OTHER WORDS FROM donate
do·na·tor, noun pre·do·nate, verb (used with object), pre·do·nat·ed, pre·do·nat·ing. un·do·nat·ed, adjectiveWords nearby donate
don't-know,
dona,
donable,
donald,
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donatello,
donath-landsteiner phenomenon,
donation,
donation land,
donatist
Example sentences from the Web for donator
The archbishop of Paris, subsequently followed and stoned, is the donator of 100,000 crowns to the hospital of the Htel-Dieu.
The Origins of Contemporary France, Volume 1 (of 6) |Hippolyte A. TaineThe terms in the Latin text are donator, a giver of a gift, and donatus, a receiver.
De Re Metallica |Georgius AgricolaThis subtlety was past the vision of the donator of the Dabney House.
V. V.'s Eyes |Henry Sydnor Harrison
British Dictionary definitions for donator
donate
/ (dəʊˈneɪt) /
verb
to give (money, time, etc), esp to a charity