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inclavated

inclavated adjective: set; fast; fixed.

Adjective

inclavated (comparative more inclavated, superlative most inclavated)

  1. (rare) Set; fast; fixed.
    • the grinding is far more easily and perfectly performed ; beside , these are more firmly inclavated, and infixed into the jaw bones1666, John Smith, King Solomon's Portraiture of Old Age
    • He has written wholly to divert himself: he has for that moment been inclavated to pleasure-seeking with somewhat the ruthlessness of a Nero and all the tenacity of a debutante […]1924, James Branch Cabell, Straws And Prayer-Books

Forms of inclavated

comparativemore inclavated
superlativemost inclavated

Origin of inclavated

From Latin inclavatus, from in- (“in”) + clavare (“to fasten with nails”), from clavus (“nail”).

Questions about inclavated

What does inclavated mean?
Inclavated means set; fast; fixed.
What part of speech is inclavated?
Inclavated is an adjective.

Words near inclavated in the dictionary

  1. inclarity
  2. inclasp
  3. inclasped
  4. inclasping
  5. inclasps
  6. inclavated
  7. inclave
  8. incld
  9. incld.
  10. incle
  11. inclearing

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