GLACIATED

glaciated

(adjective) covered with ice (as by a glacier) or affected by glacial action

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Verb

glaciated

simple past tense and past participle of glaciate

Source: Wiktionary


GLACIATE

Gla"ci*ate, v. i. Etym: [L. glaciatus, p. p. of glaciare to freeze, fr. glacies ice.]

Definition: To turn to ice.

Gla"ci*ate, v. t.

1. To convert into, or cover with, ice.

2. (Geol.)

Definition: To produce glacial effects upon, as in the scoring of rocks, transportation of loose material, etc. Glaciated rocks, rocks whose surfaces have been smoothed, furrowed, or striated, by the action of ice.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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