About The Word Imbricate
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Imbricate
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What's The Definition Of Imbricate?
[adj] (botany) used especially of leaves or bracts; overlapping or layered as scales or shingles
[v] overlap; "The roof tiles imbricate" [v] place so as to overlap; "imbricate the roof tiles" Synonyms | Synonyms for Imbricate: imbricated | rough | unsmooth Related Terms | Find terms related to Imbricate: See Also | lay | overlap | place | pose | position | put | set Imbricate In Webster's Dictionary \Im"bri*cate\, Imbricated \Im"bri*ca`ted\, a. [L.
imbricatus, p. p. of imbricare to cover with tiles, to form
like a gutter tile, fr. imbrex, -icis, a hollow tile, gutter
tile, fr. imber rain.]
1. Bent and hollowed like a roof or gutter tile.
2. Lying over each other in regular order, so as to ``break
joints,'' like tiles or shingles on a roof, the scales on
the leaf buds of plants and the cups of some acorns, or
the scales of fishes; overlapping each other at the
margins, as leaves in [ae]stivation.
3. In decorative art: Having scales lapping one over the
other, or a representation of such scales; as, an
imbricated surface; an imbricated pattern.
\Im"bri*cate\, v. t. To lay in order, one lapping over another, so as to form an imbricated surface. |
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