malleate
Americanverb (used with object)
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Etymology
Origin of malleate
1590–1600; < Latin malleātus wrought with a hammer, equivalent to Latin malle ( us ) hammer + -ātus -ate 1
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Mall′eable, that may be malleated or beaten out by hammering.—ns.
From Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 2 of 4: E-M) by Various
We know of no earlier reference to the art of melting and malleating copper in any of the reports of the navigators to our northern coast.
From Voyages of Samuel De Champlain — Volume 02 by Otis, Charles P. (Charles Pomeroy)
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