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lineate

lineate verb: to mark with lines.

Verb

lineate (third-person singular simple present lineates, present participle lineating, simple past and past participle lineated)

  1. (obsolete) To mark with lines.
  2. (obsolete) To delineate, represent.

Adjective

lineate (comparative more lineate, superlative most lineate)

  1. (especially, obsolete) Marked with lines.
  2. (obsolete) Marked longitudinally with depressed parallel lines.
    • a lineate leaf

Forms of lineate

Verb
third-person singular presentlineates
present participlelineating
past participlelineated
pastlineated
Adjective
comparativemore lineate
superlativemost lineate
alternative formlineated

Origin of lineate

First attested in 1558; borrowed from Medieval Latin līneātus, perfect passive participle of līneō (“to draw a line; (classically) to reduce to a straight line, make straight”) (see -ate (verb-forming suffix)), from līnea (“a line”).

First attested in 1643; borrowed from Latin delineātus, participial adjective, see Etymology 1 and -ate (adjective-forming suffix) for more.

Questions about lineate

What does lineate mean?
Lineate means to mark with lines.
What part of speech is lineate?
Lineate can be a verb or an adjective.
What is the past tense of lineate?
The past tense of lineate is lineated.

Words near lineate in the dictionary

  1. linearoid
  2. linears
  3. lineart
  4. lineartuberculate
  5. lineary
  6. lineate
  7. lineated
  8. lineately
  9. lineatim
  10. lineation
  11. lineations

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