imbricate
imbricate is the alternative form of imbricated.
Verb
imbricate (third-person singular simple present imbricates, present participle imbricating, simple past and past participle imbricated)
- To overlap in a regular pattern.
- To undergo or cause to undergo imbrication.
Meaning of imbricated
Adjective
imbricated (comparative more imbricated, superlative most imbricated)
- Overlapping, like scales or roof-tiles; intertwined.
- When the leaves and small and densely imbricated, they are generally considered to belong either to lycopodiaceæ or coniferæ; but there is so little to distinguish these families in a fossil state, that there is scarcely any means of demonstrating to which of these such genera as lycopodites...1851, G. F. Richardson, Thomas Wright, “Fossil Botany”, in An Introduction to Geology, and Its Associate Sciences, Mineralogy, Fossil Biology, and Palæontology, new, rev. and considerably enl....
Forms of imbricate
| third-person singular present | imbricates |
|---|---|
| present participle | imbricating |
| past participle | imbricated |
| past | imbricated |
Origin of imbricate
Borrowed from Latin imbricātus (“tiled”).
Words formed from imbricate
Questions about imbricate
- What does imbricate mean?
- Imbricate means to overlap in a regular pattern.
- What is imbricate the alternative form of?
- Imbricate is the alternative form of imbricated.
- What part of speech is imbricate?
- Imbricate is a verb.
- What is the past tense of imbricate?
- The past tense of imbricate is imbricated.
Words near imbricate in the dictionary
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