Borrowed from Latin ōvātus, from ōvum (“an egg”) + -ātus; see -ate (adjective-forming suffix) and -ate (noun-forming suffix).
Meanings
Shaped like an egg.
The Geese, Anserinæ, have the body ovate, the head small, the bill stout and somewhat conical; the legs rather long; the wings of great length and breadth. 1852, William Macgillivray, A history of British birds, indigenous and migratory, page 573:
(of leaves) With the broadest extremity near the base.
cs vejčitý (botany, of leaves: broadest near the base) · es aovada (botany, of leaves: broadest near the base) · bg яйцеви́ден (botany, of leaves: broadest near the base) · fi puikea (botany, of leaves: broadest near the base) · cy wyffurf (botany, of leaves: broadest near the base)
Borrowed from Latin ōvātus, from ōvum (“an egg”) + -ātus; see -ate (adjective-forming suffix) and -ate (noun-forming suffix).
Meanings
An egg-shaped hand axe.
Slightly derived handaxes from the Mildenhall glaciofluvial sands, generally in fresh condition and dominated by ovates and cordates. 2012, Paul Pettitt, Mark White, The British Palaeolithic, page 122: