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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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