资料来源 : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Donate \Do"nate\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Donated}; p. pr. & vb. n.
   {Donating}.] [L. donatus, p. p. of donare to donate, fr.
   donum gift, fr. dare to give. See 2d {Date}.]
   To give; to bestow; to present; as, to donate fifty thousand
   dollars to a college.