donate
donate Lexical Profile
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• verb
To give money, goods, or services to a charitable organization, institution, or public cause without expecting compensation.
"The local bakery decided to donate its unsold bread to the community food bank every evening."
To allow a portion of one's blood, tissue, or an organ to be removed for medical transplantation, transfusion, or scientific research.
"Thousands of volunteers lined up at the mobile clinic to donate blood following the natural disaster."
To transfer an electron, proton, or atomic group to another atom or molecule during a chemical reaction (in chemistry and physics).
"In a covalent bond, one atom may donate both electrons to be shared with an adjacent atom."
• Rhymes for donate
Word Origin & Etymology
Coined in the late 18th century as a back-formation from the noun 'donation', which ultimately derives from the Latin verb 'donare' meaning 'to give as a gift', from 'donum' ('gift').