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im·bri·cate    Audio Help   [adj. im-bri-kit, -keyt; v. im-bri-keyt] Pronunciation Key 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 -ate1]

im·bri·cate·ly, adverb
im·bri·ca·tive, adjective
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im·bri·cate    Audio Help   (ĭm'brĭ-kāt')  Pronunciation Key 
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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imbricated

adjective
used especially of leaves or bracts; overlapping or layered as scales or shingles [syn: imbricate

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