GLADIATE

Etymology 1

Adjective

gladiate (comparative more gladiate, superlative most gladiate)

(botany) Sword-shaped.

Etymology 2

Verb

gladiate (third-person singular simple present gladiates, present participle gladiating, simple past and past participle gladiated)

To fight as a gladiator, to digladiate.

Source: Wiktionary


Glad"i*ate, a. Etym: [L. gladius sword.] (Bot.)

Definition: Sword-shaped; resembling a sword in form, as the leaf of the iris, or of the gladiolus.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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According to Guinness World Records, the largest iced coffee is 14,228.1 liters and was created by Caffé Bene (South Korea), in Yangju, South Korea, on 17 July 2014. They poured iced black Americano on the giant cup that measured 3.3 meters tall and 2.62 meters wide.

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