-ate stress

~1000 verbs with -ate
antepenult is stressed (full stress)
last is a strong syllable (-ate: mid stress)

elevate
in'timidate
re'verberate

In adjectives an dnouins with written edning -ate that syllable is weak, with /schwa/

graduate (v) vs graduate(n)
moderate (v) vs moderate (n)
affiliate (v) vs affiliate (n)



Adj:

adequate
affectionate