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Affricate
Affricate Af"fri*cate, n. [L. affricatus, p. p. of affricare
to rub against; af- = ad- + fricare to rub.] (Phon.)
A combination of a stop, or explosive, with an immediately
following fricative or spirant of corresponding organic
position, as pf in german Pfeffer, pepper, z (= ts) in German
Zeit, time.
Apricate
Apricate Ap"ri*cate, v. t. & i. [L. apricatus, p. p. of
apricare, fr. apricus exposed to the sun, fr. aperire to
uncover, open.]
To bask in the sun. --Boyle.
Disintricate
Disintricate Dis*in"tri*cate, v. t.
To disentangle. [R.] ``To disintricate the question.' --Sir
W. Hamilton.
DivaricateDivaricate Di*var"i*cate, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Divaricated;
p. pr. & vb. n. Divaricating.] [L. divaricatus, p. p. of
divaricare to stretch apart; di- = dis- + varicare to
straddle, fr. varicus straddling, fr. varus stretched
outwards.]
1. To part into two branches; to become bifid; to fork.
2. To diverge; to be divaricate. --Woodward. Divaricate
Divaricate Di*var"i*cate, v. t.
To divide into two branches; to cause to branch apart.
Divaricate
Divaricate Di*var"i*cate, a. [L. divaricatus, p. p.]
1. Diverging; spreading asunder; widely diverging.
2. (Biol.) Forking and diverging; widely diverging; as the
branches of a tree, or as lines of sculpture, or color
markings on animals, etc.
DivaricatedDivaricate Di*var"i*cate, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Divaricated;
p. pr. & vb. n. Divaricating.] [L. divaricatus, p. p. of
divaricare to stretch apart; di- = dis- + varicare to
straddle, fr. varicus straddling, fr. varus stretched
outwards.]
1. To part into two branches; to become bifid; to fork.
2. To diverge; to be divaricate. --Woodward. Divaricately
Divaricately Di*var"i*cate*ly, adv.
With divarication.
ExtricateExtricate Ex"tri*cate, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Extricated; p.
pr. & vb. n. Extricating.] [L. extricatus, p. p. of
extricare to extricate; ex out + tricae trifles, impediments,
perplexities. Cf. Intricate.]
1. To free, as from difficulties or perplexities; to
disentangle; to disembarrass; as, to extricate a person
from debt, peril, etc.
We had now extricated ourselves from the various
labyrinths and defiles. --Eustance.
2. To cause to be emitted or evolved; as, to extricate heat
or moisture.
Syn: To disentangle; disembarrass; disengage; relieve;
evolve; set free; liberate. ExtricatedExtricate Ex"tri*cate, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Extricated; p.
pr. & vb. n. Extricating.] [L. extricatus, p. p. of
extricare to extricate; ex out + tricae trifles, impediments,
perplexities. Cf. Intricate.]
1. To free, as from difficulties or perplexities; to
disentangle; to disembarrass; as, to extricate a person
from debt, peril, etc.
We had now extricated ourselves from the various
labyrinths and defiles. --Eustance.
2. To cause to be emitted or evolved; as, to extricate heat
or moisture.
Syn: To disentangle; disembarrass; disengage; relieve;
evolve; set free; liberate. FabricateFabricate Fab"ri*cate, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Fabricated; p.
pr. & vb. n. Fabricating.] [L. fabricatus, p. p. of
fabricari, fabricare, to frame, build, forge, fr. fabrica.
See Fabric, Farge.]
1. To form into a whole by uniting its parts; to frame; to
construct; to build; as, to fabricate a bridge or ship.
2. To form by art and labor; to manufacture; to produce; as,
to fabricate woolens.
3. To invent and form; to forge; to devise falsely; as, to
fabricate a lie or story.
Our books were not fabricated with an accomodation
to prevailing usages. --Paley. FabricatedFabricate Fab"ri*cate, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Fabricated; p.
pr. & vb. n. Fabricating.] [L. fabricatus, p. p. of
fabricari, fabricare, to frame, build, forge, fr. fabrica.
See Fabric, Farge.]
1. To form into a whole by uniting its parts; to frame; to
construct; to build; as, to fabricate a bridge or ship.
2. To form by art and labor; to manufacture; to produce; as,
to fabricate woolens.
3. To invent and form; to forge; to devise falsely; as, to
fabricate a lie or story.
Our books were not fabricated with an accomodation
to prevailing usages. --Paley. Fimbricate
Fimbricate Fim"bri*cate, a.
1. Fringed; jagged; fimbriate.
2. (Zo["o]l.) fringed, on one side only, by long, straight
hairs, as the antenn[ae] of certain insects.
Imbricate
Imbricate 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.
Imbricate
Imbricate Im"bri*cate, v. t.
To lay in order, one lapping over another, so as to form an
imbricated surface.
Imbricated
Imbricate 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.
Infabricated
Infabricated In*fab"ri*ca`ted, a.
Not fabricated; unwrought; not artificial; natural. [Obs.]
IntricateIntricate In"tri*cate, a. [L. intricatus, p. p. of intricare
to entangle, perplex. Cf. Intrigue, Extricate.]
Entangled; involved; perplexed; complicated; difficult to
understand, follow, arrange, or adjust; as, intricate
machinery, labyrinths, accounts, plots, etc.
His style was fit to convey the most intricate business
to the understanding with the utmost clearness.
--Addison.
The nature of man is intricate. --Burke.
Syn: Intricate, Complex, Complicated.
Usage: A thing is complex when it is made up of parts; it is
complicated when those parts are so many, or so
arranged, as to make it difficult to grasp them; it is
intricate when it has numerous windings and confused
involutions which it is hard to follow out. What is
complex must be resolved into its parts; what is
complicated must be drawn out and developed; what is
intricate must be unraveled. Intricate
Intricate In"tri*cate, v. t.
To entangle; to involve; to make perplexing. [Obs.]
It makes men troublesome, and intricates all wise
discourses. --Jer. Taylor.
Intricately
Intricately In"tri*cate*ly, adv.
In an intricate manner.
Intricateness
Intricateness In"tri*cate*ness, n.
The state or quality of being intricate; intricacy.
LoricateLoricate Lor"i*cate, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Loricated; p. pr. &
vb. n. Loricating.] [L. loricatus, p. p. of loricare to
clothe in mail, to cover with plastering, fr. lorica a
leather cuirass, a plastering, fr. lorum thong.]
To cover with some protecting substance, as with lute, a
crust, coating, or plates. LoricateLoricate Lor"i*cate, a. [See Loricate, v.]
Covered with a shell or exterior made of plates somewhat like
a coat of mail, as in the armadillo. Loricate
Loricate Lor"i*cate, n. (Zo["o]l.)
An animal covered with bony scales, as crocodiles among
reptiles, and the pangolins among mammals.
LoricatedLoricate Lor"i*cate, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Loricated; p. pr. &
vb. n. Loricating.] [L. loricatus, p. p. of loricare to
clothe in mail, to cover with plastering, fr. lorica a
leather cuirass, a plastering, fr. lorum thong.]
To cover with some protecting substance, as with lute, a
crust, coating, or plates. LubricateLubricate Lu"bri*cate, v. t. [L. lubricatus, p. p. of
lubricare to lubricate. See Lubric.]
1. To make smooth or slippery; as, mucilaginous and
saponaceous remedies lubricate the parts to which they are
applied. --S. Sharp.
Supples, lubricates, and keeps in play, The various
movements of this nice machine. --Young.
2. To apply a lubricant to, as oil or tallow. Muricate
Muricate Mu"ri*cate, Muricated Mu"ri*ca`ted, a. [L.
muricatus, fr. murex a pointed rock or stone.]
Formed with sharp points; full of sharp points or of pickles;
covered, or roughened, as a surface, with sharp points or
excrescences.
Muricated
Muricate Mu"ri*cate, Muricated Mu"ri*ca`ted, a. [L.
muricatus, fr. murex a pointed rock or stone.]
Formed with sharp points; full of sharp points or of pickles;
covered, or roughened, as a surface, with sharp points or
excrescences.
Obimbricate
Obimbricate Ob*im"bri*cate, a. [Pref. ob- + imbricate.] (Bot.)
Imbricated, with the overlapping ends directed downward.
Obstetricate
Obstetricate Ob*stet"ri*cate, v. t.
To assist as a midwife. [Obs.] --E. Waterhouse.
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