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Webster 1913 Edition

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the preterit of

Noun.

[Gr. [GREEK].]

(Greek. Myth.)

The goddess of mischievous folly; also, in later poets, the goddess of vengeance.

, The preterite of eat, which see.

Noun.

a'ty. [Gr. mischief; to hurt. Ate is a personification of evil, mischief or malice.]

In pagan mythology, the goddess of mischief, who was cast down from heaven by Jupiter.

See also: ate, até, atê, atë, åte, and -ate

atè

atè (not comparable)