do·nate / ˈdōnāt; dōˈnāt/ • v. [tr.] give (money or goods) for a good cause, for example to a charity: the proceeds will be donated to an AIDS awareness charity. ∎  allow the removal of (blood or an organ) from one's body for transplantation, transfusion, or other use. DERIVATIVES: do·na·tor / ˈdōnātər/ n.

donate •abate, ablate, aerate, ait, await, backdate, bait, bate, berate, castrate, collate, conflate, crate, create, cremate, date, deflate, dictate, dilate, distraite, donate, downstate, eight, elate, equate, estate, fate, fellate, fête, fixate, freight, frustrate, gait, gate, gestate, gradate, grate, great, gyrate, hate, hydrate, inflate, innate, interrelate, interstate, irate, Kate, Kuwait, lactate, late, locate, lustrate, mandate, mate, migrate, misdate, misstate, mistranslate, mutate, narrate, negate, notate, orate, ornate, Pate, placate, plate, prate, prorate, prostrate, pulsate, pupate, quadrate, rate, rotate, sate, sedate, serrate, short weight, skate, slate, spate, spectate, spruit, stagnate, state, straight, strait, Tate, tête-à-tête, Thwaite, translate, translocate, transmigrate, truncate, underrate, understate, underweight, update, uprate, upstate, up-to-date, vacate, vibrate, wait, weight

donate XIX. Back-formation from donation (XV) — (O)F. — L. dōnātiō, noun of action f. dōnāre, f. dōnum gift.
So donative XV. — L. n. of dōnātīvus. donor XV. — AN. donour, OF. doneur :- L. dōnātor, -ōr-. Hence donee XVI.