spate

noun · verbA2

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noun

Plural noun:

spatesspat

1.
(Scotland, countable)A (sudden) flood or inundation of water; specifically, a flood in or overflow of a river or other watercourse due to heavy rain or melting snow; (uncountable, archaic) flooding, inundation.
2.
(Scotland, countable)A sudden heavy downpour of rain.
3.
(Scotland, countable, figuratively)(countable, figurative) A sudden increase or rush of something; a flood, an outburst, an outpouring.

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verb

V_es/s

spates

V_ing/Gerund

spating

V_ed/pp

spated

1.
(Scotland, archaic, transitive)To (suddenly) flood or inundate (a river or other watercourse) with water.
2.
(Scotland, archaic, intransitive)To (suddenly) rain heavily; to pour.

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mudspate

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The noun is derived from Middle English spate, spait (a flood), influenced by spate. The further etymology of the Middle English and Scots words is uncertain; they are possibly related to spatter and spatten, possibly ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *sp(y)ēw-, *spyū- (whence spit), which is imitative of spitting.