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imbricated - 2 dictionary results

im⋅bri⋅cate

[adj. im-bri-kit, -keyt; v. im-bri-keyt] adjective, verb, -cat⋅ed, -cat⋅ing.
–adjective
1. overlapping in sequence, as tiles or shingles on a roof.
2. of, pertaining to, or resembling overlapping tiles, as decoration or drawings.
3. Biology. overlapping like tiles, as scales or leaves.
4. characterized by or as if by overlapping shingles.
–verb (used with object), verb (used without object)
5. to overlap, as tiles or shingles.

Origin:
1650–60; < LL imbricātus tiled with imbrices, shaped like such a tile or tiling, equiv. to imbric- (s. of imbrex) imbrex + -ātus -ate 1


im⋅bri⋅cate⋅ly, adverb
im⋅bri⋅ca⋅tive, adjective
im·bri·cate   (ĭm'brĭ-kāt')   
adj.  Having regularly arranged, overlapping edges, as roof tiles or fish scales.
v.   im·bri·cat·ed, im·bri·cat·ing, im·bri·cates

v.   tr.
To overlap in a regular pattern.
v.   intr.
To be arranged with regular overlapping edges.

[Latin imbricātus, covered with roof tiles, from imbrex, imbric-, roof tile, from imber, imbr-, rain.]
im'bri·ca'tion n.
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