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coarctate

UK/kəʊˈɑːk.teɪt/US/koʊˈɑɹkˌteɪt/

coarctate adjective: pressed close together, constricted, narrowed, compressed.

Adjective

coarctate (comparative more coarctate, superlative most coarctate)

  1. Pressed close together, constricted, narrowed, compressed.
  2. (of the pupa of certain flies) Enclosed in a rigid case formed by the larval cuticle or puparium.

Verb

coarctate (third-person singular simple present coarctates, present participle coarctating, simple past and past participle coarctated)

  1. (obsolete) To press together; to crowd.
  2. (obsolete) To restrain; to confine.

coarctate meaning in Tamil

coarctate in Tamil

அழுத்தப்பட்ட, இறுக்கப்பட்ட

Forms of coarctate

Adjective
comparativemore coarctate
superlativemost coarctate
Verb
third-person singular presentcoarctates
present participlecoarctating
past participlecoarctated
pastcoarctated

Origin of coarctate

Borrowed from Latin coarctātus, perfect participle of coarctō (“to press together, compress, contract, confine”), from co- (“being or bringing together, co-”) + arctō (“to draw or press close together”).

From the above adjective, for more see etymology at -ate.

Questions about coarctate

What does coarctate mean?
Coarctate means pressed close together, constricted, narrowed, compressed.
What is coarctate in Tamil?
Coarctate in Tamil is அழுத்தப்பட்ட, இறுக்கப்பட்ட. See Coarctate meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is coarctate?
Coarctate can be an adjective or a verb.
How do you pronounce coarctate?
Coarctate is pronounced /kəʊˈɑːk.teɪt/ (UK).

Words near coarctate in the dictionary

  1. coarbships
  2. coarc
  3. coarchitect
  4. coarchitects
  5. coarct
  6. coarctate
  7. coarctated
  8. coarctates
  9. coarctating
  10. coarctation
  11. coarctations

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Adapted from Wiktionary: coarctate (page history and authors); coarctate (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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