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Definition of Glaciate
1. Verb. Cover with ice or snow or a glacier. "The entire area was glaciated"
2. Verb. Become frozen and covered with glaciers.
Definition of Glaciate
1. v. i. To turn to ice.
2. v. t. To convert into, or cover with, ice.
Definition of Glaciate
1. Verb. To cover with ice or a glacier ¹
2. Verb. To erode with a glacier ¹
3. Verb. To freeze ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Glaciate
1. to cover with glaciers [v -ATED, -ATING, -ATES]
Medical Definition of Glaciate
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1. To convert into, or cover with, ice.
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Lexicographical Neighbors of Glaciate
Literary usage of Glaciate
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Century Dictionary: An Encyclopedic Lexicon of the English Language by William Dwight Whitney (1889)
"[< L. glada-re, turn into ice (see glaciate), + E. -ble. .... [< glaciate + -ion.]
1. The act of freezing. The water or other liquor usually beginning to ..."
2. The Flora of British India by Joseph Dalton Hooker (1879)
"(The leaves are often not more laciniate than in examples of R. glaciate.) 4.
... Very near R. glaciate. Wall., differing chiefly by its very hairy berries. ..."
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