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arborised

arborised is the simple past and past participle of arborise.

Meaning of arborise

Verb

arborise (third-person singular simple present arborises, present participle arborising, simple past and past participle arborised)

  1. (intransitive) To develop a tree-like appearance.
    • The nerve fibre arborises into multiple branches.
  2. (transitive) To cause (something) to develop a tree-like appearance.
    • Tall, wide shrubs take up a huge amount of space in a small garden, so remove the lower limbs to provide more space underneath. […] When you “arborize” the shrub by limbing it up, you’ll discover an elegant, multi-trunked structure […]2008, Jen Weaverling, editor, Creative Flower Gardening, Minnetonka, MN: National Home Gardening Club, page 128
  3. (transitive) To penetrate or fill (an area) with a tree-like structure.
    • The imitation neurones I am composed of agitate their dendrites like mad ganglia that arborize the system as the cell bodies dance along the axis cylinder within the fibres of the foot that isn’t there […]1967, Christine Brooke-Rose, “The Foot”, in Susan Williams, Richard Glyn Jones, editors, The Penguin Book of Modern Fantasy by Women, London: Penguin, published 1996, page 187

Questions about arborised

What is arborised the simple past and past participle of?
Arborised is the simple past and past participle of arborise.

Words near arborised in the dictionary

  1. arborio
  2. arborio rice
  3. arborios
  4. arborisation
  5. arborise
  6. arborised
  7. arborises
  8. arborising
  9. arborist
  10. arborists
  11. arborite

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