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parcellate

parcellate verb: to divide something into sections or parcels.

Verb

parcellate (third-person singular simple present parcellates, present participle parcellating, simple past and past participle parcellated)

  1. To divide something into sections or parcels.

Forms of parcellate

third-person singular presentparcellates
present participleparcellating
past participleparcellated
pastparcellated

Origin of parcellate

From parcel + -ate (verb-forming suffix).

Questions about parcellate

What does parcellate mean?
Parcellate means to divide something into sections or parcels.
What part of speech is parcellate?
Parcellate is a verb.
What is the past tense of parcellate?
The past tense of parcellate is parcellated.

Words near parcellate in the dictionary

  1. parcelizes
  2. parcelizing
  3. Parcell
  4. Parcelland
  5. parcellary
  6. parcellate
  7. parcellated
  8. parcellates
  9. parcellating
  10. parcellation
  11. parcellations

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