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acervate

/ˈæs.ə.veɪt/US/ˈæs.ɚ.veɪt/

acervate adjective: heaped, or growing in heaps, or closely compacted clusters.

Adjective

acervate (comparative more acervate, superlative most acervate)

  1. (rare) Heaped, or growing in heaps, or closely compacted clusters.
    • Later, the megaspore becomes fully engorged with cytoplasm and accumulates an acervate complex of storage products such as lipids, starch and protein bodies (Fig. 2.4).1989, V[alayamghat] Raghavan, Developmental Biology of Fern Gametophytes, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire: Cambridge University Press, published 2005, →ISBN, page 24

Verb

acervate (third-person singular simple present acervates, present participle acervating, simple past and past participle acervated)

  1. (obsolete, transitive) To heap up.
    Synonyms:
    heap, pile

acervate meaning in Tamil and Malayalam

acervate in Tamil

குவிந்த, கொத்தாக வளருகிற

acervate in Malayalam

പുഞ്‌ജിതം

Synonyms of acervate

Forms of acervate

Adjective
comparativemore acervate
superlativemost acervate
Verb
third-person singular presentacervates
present participleacervating
past participleacervated
pastacervated

Origin of acervate

From Latin acervātus, perfect passive participle of acervō (“heap or pile up”), from acervus (“heap”).

Words formed from acervate

Questions about acervate

What does acervate mean?
Acervate means heaped, or growing in heaps, or closely compacted clusters.
What is acervate in Tamil?
Acervate in Tamil is குவிந்த, கொத்தாக வளருகிற. See Acervate meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is acervate?
Acervate can be an adjective or a verb.
How do you pronounce acervate?
Acervate is pronounced /ˈæs.ə.veɪt/ (UK).

Words near acervate in the dictionary

  1. acers
  2. acersecomic
  3. acertannin
  4. aceruloplasminemia
  5. acerval
  6. acervate
  7. acervated
  8. acervately
  9. acervates
  10. acervating
  11. acervatio

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