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elasticate

elasticate verb: to add or wrap elastic around something.

Verb

elasticate (third-person singular simple present elasticates, present participle elasticating, simple past and past participle elasticated)

  1. To add or wrap elastic around something.

Forms of elasticate

third-person singular presentelasticates
present participleelasticating
past participleelasticated
pastelasticated

Origin of elasticate

From elastic + -ate (verb-forming suffix).

Words formed from elasticate

Questions about elasticate

What does elasticate mean?
Elasticate means to add or wrap elastic around something.
What part of speech is elasticate?
Elasticate is a verb.
What is the past tense of elasticate?
The past tense of elasticate is elasticated.

Words near elasticate in the dictionary

  1. elastic-sides
  2. elastica
  3. elastical
  4. elastically
  5. elasticas
  6. elasticate
  7. elasticated
  8. elasticates
  9. elasticating
  10. elastication
  11. elastications

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