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verb (used without object)
3.
to become frozen or covered with ice or glaciers.
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Glaciate
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Origin:
1615–25; < Latin glaciātus (past participle of glaciāre to freeze), equivalent to glaci(ēs) ice + -ātus -ate1
1615–25; < Latin glaciātus (past participle of glaciāre to freeze), equivalent to glaci(ēs) ice + -ātus -ate1
Related forms
gla·ci·a·tion, noun
un·gla·ci·at·ed, adjective
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