imbricate
English
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin imbricātus (“tiled”).
Adjective
imbricate (not comparable)
- Alternative form of imbricated (“overlapping”)
- 1903, George Francis Atkinson, chapter VII, in Studies of American Fungi. Mushrooms, Edible, Poisonous, etc., 2nd edition, New York: Henry Holt:
- The pileus is sessile, or sometimes narrowed at the base into a short stem, the caps often numerous and crowded together in an overlapping or imbricate manner.
Verb
imbricate (third-person singular simple present imbricates, present participle imbricating, simple past and past participle imbricated)
- (transitive or intransitive) To overlap in a regular pattern.
- (linguistics) To undergo or cause to undergo imbrication.
Related terms
Latin
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /im.briˈkaː.te/, [ɪmbrɪˈkäːt̪ɛ]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /im.briˈka.te/, [imbriˈkäːt̪e]
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