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furcates

furcates is the third-person singular simple present indicative of furcate.

Meaning of furcate

Verb

furcate (third-person singular simple present furcates, present participle furcating, simple past and past participle furcated)

  1. To fork or branch out.
    • But that which I believe yields a great deal of our turpentine, is the fir-tree or deal, which is a coniferous tree, evergreen, whose cones are of the lesser sort, having long leaves, either that whose leaves encompass and cover the branches, bearing long cones hanging downwards as she male...1700 May 17, John Houghton, Husbandry and trade improv'd, number 408

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Questions about furcates

What is furcates the third-person singular simple present indicative of?
Furcates is the third-person singular simple present indicative of furcate.

Words near furcates in the dictionary

  1. furcasternum
  2. furcasternums
  3. furcate
  4. furcated
  5. furcately
  6. furcates
  7. furcatin
  8. furcating
  9. furcation
  10. furcations
  11. furcellate

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