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interlapidate

/ˌɪntɚˈlapɪdeɪt/

interlapidate verb: to fit in between each other like stones in a building.

Verb

interlapidate (third-person singular simple present interlapidates, present participle interlapidating, simple past and past participle interlapidated)

  1. (nonce-word, transitive) To fit in between each other like stones in a building.
    • Combinations of the mechanics and lower craftsmen…interlapidated and cemented as they all are, each in the club of his own trade.1814 November 2nd, Samuel Taylor Coleridge, Letter to Justice Fletcher, in Essays on His Own Times, published 1850, page 658

Forms of interlapidate

third-person singular presentinterlapidates
present participleinterlapidating
past participleinterlapidated
pastinterlapidated

Origin of interlapidate

From inter- + Latin lapid- (“stone”) + -ate (verb-forming suffix), after interfoliate.

Questions about interlapidate

What does interlapidate mean?
Interlapidate means to fit in between each other like stones in a building.
What part of speech is interlapidate?
Interlapidate is a verb.
How do you pronounce interlapidate?
Interlapidate is pronounced /ˌɪntɚˈlapɪdeɪt/.
What is the past tense of interlapidate?
The past tense of interlapidate is interlapidated.

Words near interlapidate in the dictionary

  1. interlaminations
  2. interlandmark
  3. interlanguage
  4. interlanguages
  5. interlap
  6. interlapidate
  7. interlapped
  8. interlapping
  9. interlaps
  10. interlapse
  11. interlapsed

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