LAEVIGATE

Verb

laevigate (third-person singular simple present laevigates, present participle laevigating, simple past and past participle laevigated)

(hypercorrect) Nonstandard spelling of levigate.

Source: Wiktionary


Læv"i*gate, a. Etym: [See Levigate.] (Biol.)

Definition: Having a smooth surface, as if polished.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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GLUED

(adjective) affixed or as if affixed with glue or paste; “he stayed glued to one spot”; “pieces of pasted paper”


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