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IMBRICATE
imbricate, imbricated
(adjective) used especially of leaves or bracts; overlapping or layered as scales or shingles
imbricate
(verb) overlap; āThe roof tiles imbricateā
imbricate
(verb) place so as to overlap; āimbricate the roof tilesā
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Adjective
imbricate (not comparable)
Having regular overlapping edges; intertwined.
Verb
imbricate (third-person singular simple present imbricates, present participle imbricating, simple past and past participle imbricated)
(transitive or intransitive) To overlap in a regular pattern.
(linguistics) To undergo or cause to undergo imbrication.
Source: Wiktionary
Im"bri*cate, Im"bri*ca`ted, a. Etym: [L. imbricatus, p.p. of imbricare to cover with tiles, to form like a gutter tile, fr. imbrex, -icis, a hollow tile, gutter tile, fr. imber rain.]
1. Bent and hollowed like a roof or gutter tile.
2. Lying over each other in regular order, so as to "break joints," like tiles or shingles on a roof, the scales on the leaf buds of plants and the cups of some acorns, or the scales of fishes; overlapping each other at the margins, as leaves in Ʀstivation.
3. In decorative art: Having scales lapping one over the other, or a representation of such scales; as, an imbricated surface; an imbricated pattern.
Im"bri*cate, v. t.
Definition: To lay in order, one lapping over another, so as to form an imbricated surface.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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