vesiculate

American  

[vuh-sik-yuh-lit, -leyt, vuh-sik-yuh-leyt] / vəˈsɪk jə lɪt, -ˌleɪt, vəˈsɪk jəˌleɪt /

adjective

1. characterized by or covered with vesicles.

2. of the nature of a vesicle.

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verb (used with or without object)

vesiculated, vesiculating

1. to make or become vesicular.

vesiculate British  

verb

1. to make (an organ or part) vesicular or (of an organ or part) to become vesicular

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adjective

1. containing, resembling, or characterized by a vesicle or vesicles

Other Word Forms

• vesiculation
  noun
• unvesiculated
  adjective

Etymology

Origin of vesiculate

1820–30; < New Latin vēsīculātus, equivalent to Latin vēsīcul ( a ) vesicle + -ātus -ate ¹

Example Sentences

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vesiculate vesiculated

The seed-pods are long, smooth, somewhat vesiculate, and terminate in a short spur, or beak.

From The Field and Garden Vegetables of America Containing Full Descriptions of Nearly Eleven Hundred Species and Varietes; With Directions for Propagation, Culture and Use. by Burr, Fearing

Nearly all bread eaten by civilized folk is vesiculated, though 469 there are different methods and processes for attaining this result.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 4, Slice 4 "Bradford, William" to "Brequigny, Louis" by Various

But, excepting rye, none of these substances is used for making vesiculated or fermented bread.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 4, Slice 4 "Bradford, William" to "Brequigny, Louis" by Various

Unvesiculated and Vesiculated Bread.—Wheaten bread may be divided into two main divisions, unvesiculated and vesiculated.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 4, Slice 4 "Bradford, William" to "Brequigny, Louis" by Various