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for⋅fi⋅cate

  [fawr-fi-kit, -keyt]
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–adjective
deeply forked, as the tail of a bird.
Origin:
1810–20; < L forfic- (s. of forfex) pair of shears (cf. forceps ) + -ate 1
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for·fi·cate   (fôr'fĭ-kĭt, -kāt')   
adj.  Deeply forked or notched, as the tails of certain birds.

[Latin forfex, forfic-, scissors + -ate1.]
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