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fissurate

fissurate verb: to have or develop fissures (typically referring to a broken thallus surface split by fine, narrow lines).

Verb

fissurate (third-person singular simple present fissurates, present participle fissurating, simple past and past participle fissurated)

  1. To have or develop fissures (typically referring to a broken thallus surface split by fine, narrow lines).

Forms of fissurate

third-person singular presentfissurates
present participlefissurating
past participlefissurated
pastfissurated

Origin of fissurate

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

Questions about fissurate

What does fissurate mean?
Fissurate means to have or develop fissures (typically referring to a broken thallus surface split by fine, narrow lines).
What part of speech is fissurate?
Fissurate is a verb.
What is the past tense of fissurate?
The past tense of fissurate is fissurated.

Words near fissurate in the dictionary

  1. fissle
  2. fissled
  3. fissling
  4. fissula ante fenestram
  5. fissural
  6. fissurate
  7. fissurated
  8. fissurates
  9. fissurating
  10. fissuration
  11. fissurations

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