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Ovation

gquixote

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English
Is the following correct?

"I found it bizarre that the crowd should ovate so after such a shoddy performance."

Is this the verb from which the noun "ovation" is derived?
"Ovate" is not a verb, as far as I am aware. It is not shown as a verb in the WR dictionary or my home dictionary. The sentence that you quote therefore sounds odd. I think "No" is the answer to your question. Did you devise the sentence or did you take it from somewhere?
Hi gq, both WR and wiktionary say it is an adjective meaning egg-shaped, not a verb. It makes the sentence very wierd for sounding so much like ovulate.
Soundshift, no, I almost used the sentence to comment on audience behaviour. Then the image of a crowd spontaneously ovulating came to mind so I kept quiet!

Ovation is such an odd word. Ovate: egg-shaped. Ovine: sheep-like. Ovation: applause(!) Maybe there is some ancient root connection between ovation and ovine?

I guess it's just one of the many peculiarities of English.
The Latin word ovum (egg) gives rise to both ovate and ovulate.

Ovation comes from Latin ovare (to rejoice).

Ovine comes from Latin ovis (baaa baaa).
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