Definition of "ovate" in Englisch

adjective

1. Shaped like an egg.

2. (botany, of leaves) With the broadest extremity near the base.

noun

1. (archaeology) An egg-shaped hand axe.

noun

1. An Irish bard.

2. A member at a certain grade of the Order of Bards, Ovates and Druids, a neo-druidism order based in England.

3. A modern-day bard of a gorsedd, especially one acknowledged at an eisteddfod.

verb

1. (transitive) To give someone an ovation.

2. (intransitive) To applaud enthusiastically.