Definition of Malleate

1. v. t. To hammer; to beat into a plate or leaf.

Definition of Malleate

1. Verb. To beat with a hammer ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Malleate

1. to hammer [v MALLEATED, MALLEATING, MALLEATES] - See also: hammer

Medical Definition of Malleate

1. To hammer; to beat into a plate or leaf. Origin: L. Malleatus hammered, fr. Malleus a hammer. See Mall. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Malleate

malle
malleabilities
malleability
malleable
malleableize
malleableized
malleableizes
malleableizing
malleableness
malleably
malleal
mallear
mallear fold
mallear prominence
mallear stripe
malleate (current term)
malleated
malleates
malleating
malleation
malleations
mallebrin
mallecho
mallechos
malled
mallee
mallee bird
mallee fowl
mallee hen
malleefowl

Literary usage of Malleate

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Microscopy of Drinking Water by George Chandler Whipple, John Wymond Miller Bunker (1914)
"Figs. J to P. Diagrams showing Forms of Trophi. (After Hudson and Gosse.) J, malleate. K, Sub-malleate. ..."

2. A Dictionary, Hindustani & English: Accompanied by a Reversed Dictionary by Duncan Forbes (1858)
"... to malleate, or cause to form by hammering, to bury, &c. ... a. to malleate, to form by hammering ; to make, to form ; n. to be made, fashioned. ..."

3. Reprint of the Original Descriptions of the Genus Achatinella by E. W. Thwing (1907)
"The intermediate whorls striate, the last half of the penultimate and the last whorl distinctly malleate, with long narrow obliquely descending facets. ..."

4. The Century Dictionary: An Encyclopedic Lexicon of the English Language by William Dwight Whitney (1890)
"[< malleate + -ion.] 1. The act of beating into a plate or leaf, as a metal; extension by beating. ..."

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