plicate
Americanadjective
verb (used with object)
adjective
Other Word Forms
- plicately adverb
- plicateness noun
Etymology
Origin of plicate
1690–1700; < Latin plicātus, past participle of plicāre to fold, ply 2; -ate 1
Example Sentences
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He has a great eye for detail, but he also has a touch of the epiphenomenal imbroglios: "we listened to the muffled crepitations coming from inside"; eyebrows "plicate" foreheads.
From The Guardian
Seeds globose or angled.—Stems terete, from coated bulbs, with few plicate leaves, and few fugacious flowers from 2-bracted spathes.
From Project Gutenberg
The internal coat was plicated, as if too large for the lumen.
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Sesquidū′plicate, being in the ratio of 2� to 1, or 5 to 2.
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In the midst of these movements remarkable changes are produced upon the rocks of the crust; they are plicated, fractured, crushed, rendered crystalline and even fused.
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