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oculate

oculate adjective: IPA⁽ᵏᵉʸ⁾: /ˈɒkjʊlət/.

Adjective (1)

  1. IPA⁽ᵏᵉʸ⁾: /ˈɒkjʊlət/
  2. (General-American) IPA⁽ᵏᵉʸ⁾: /ˈɑkjələt/

Verb (1)

  1. IPA⁽ᵏᵉʸ⁾: /ˈɒkjʊleɪt/
  2. (General-American) IPA⁽ᵏᵉʸ⁾: /ˈɑkjəleɪt/

Adjective (2)

oculate (comparative more oculate, superlative most oculate)

  1. (obsolete) Having a good sight, sharp-eyed.
  2. (archaic) Having eyes, or a specific type of number of eyes.
  3. Having spots, markings or holes resembling eyes; ocellated
    • oculate cupola
  4. Having eyes, or large or well-developed eyes.

Verb (2)

oculate (third-person singular simple present oculates, present participle oculating, simple past and past participle oculated)

  1. (obsolete, rare) To set one's eyes upon, glaze at, behold.

Forms of oculate

Adjective
comparativemore oculate
superlativemost oculate
alternative formoculated
Verb
third-person singular presentoculates
present participleoculating
past participleoculated
pastoculated

Origin of oculate

Borrowed from Latin oculātus (“having eyes, seeing”), from oculus (“eye”) + -ātus; see -ate (adjective-forming suffix).

Borrowed from Ecclesiastical Latin oculātus, perfect passive participle of oculō, see -ate (verb-forming suffix).

Words formed from oculate

Questions about oculate

What does oculate mean?
Oculate means IPA⁽ᵏᵉʸ⁾: /ˈɒkjʊlət/.
What part of speech is oculate?
Oculate can be an adjective or a verb.

Words near oculate in the dictionary

  1. ocularity
  2. ocularium
  3. ocularly
  4. oculars
  5. oculary
  6. oculate
  7. oculated
  8. oculauditory
  9. oculesic
  10. oculesics
  11. oculi

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