Home › Words › A › adiateadiateadiate means to receive an inheritance.Among words judged in Lexicurio's Arena, adiate ranks #3,411 of 42,747 for Qualifying.EtymologyCoined in the mid-19th century. Latin adīre + -ate, cf Dutch adiëren.verbTo receive an inheritance.e.g.“If he adiates, the adiation should take place unconditionally and without limitation of time.” — 1844, Hercules Tennant, The Notary's Manual: Containing: Instructions for the Notaries at the Cape of Good Hope:Definitions & examples from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 3.0).Words closest in meaningBy meaning, not spelling — each word's AI semantic fingerprint, nearest first.exheredate 62% match — To disinherit. vs adiate →inheritor 59% match — Someone who inherits something; an heir. vs adiate →hereditary 58% match — Passed on as an inheritance, by last will or intestate. vs adiate →legacy 58% match — Money or property bequeathed to someone in a will. vs adiate →disinherit 58% match — To exclude from inheritance; to disown. vs adiate →disherit 57% match — To disinherit. vs adiate →heritage 57% match — An inheritance; property that may be inherited. vs adiate →inheritably 57% match — By inheritance. vs adiate →