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glaciate

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gla⋅ci⋅ate

  [gley-shee-eyt, -see-] verb, -at⋅ed, -at⋅ing.
Use glaciate in a Sentence
–verb (used with object)
1. to cover with ice or glaciers.
2. to affect by glacial action.
–verb (used without object)
3. to become frozen or covered with ice or glaciers.
Origin:
1615–25; < L glaciātus (ptp. of glaciāre to freeze), equiv. to glaci(ēs) ice + -ātus -ate 1

Related forms:
gla⋅ci⋅a⋅tion, noun
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gla·ci·ate   (glā'shē-āt', -sē-)   
tr.v.   gla·ci·at·ed, gla·ci·at·ing, gla·ci·ates

    1. To cover with ice or a glacier.

    2. To subject to or affect by glacial action.

  2. To freeze.


[Latin glaciāre, glaciāt-, to freeze, from glaciēs, ice; see gel- in Indo-European roots.]
gla'ci·a'tion n.
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