glaciate
Americanverb (used with object)
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to cover with ice or glaciers.
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to affect by glacial action.
verb (used without object)
verb
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to cover or become covered with glaciers or masses of ice
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(tr) to subject to the effects of glaciers, such as denudation and erosion
Other Word Forms
Etymology
Origin of glaciate
1615–25; < Latin glaciātus (past participle of glaciāre to freeze), equivalent to glaci ( ēs ) ice + -ātus -ate 1
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Around him, candles burn in the frigid breeze and flowers glaciate at their stems.
From Barron's ● Jan. 26, 2026
The 1858 oil painting presents a panoramic view of the Ecuadorian Andes encompassing the snow-capped volcanic peak at the top, blue glaciated ice below, and towering palm trees lower still.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 31, 2026
Antarctica became heavily glaciated around 34 million years ago, while large ice sheets in the Northern Hemisphere did not form until approximately the past five million years.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 25, 2026
But neither have been hit harder than Pakistan's mountainous north, home to Khyber Pakhtunkhwa and one of the most glaciated areas in the region.
From BBC ● Aug. 18, 2025
Taiwan's central mountain range is one of the steepest landscapes on Earth and has one of the highest erosion rates of any place outside glaciated or human-influenced areas, Carr said.
From Science Daily ● Dec. 15, 2023
The quake devastated 24,000 square miles of wilderness, much of it glaciated.
From "A Walk in the Woods" by Bill Bryson
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