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Definition of protuberate - 2 dictionary results

pro⋅tu⋅ber⋅ate

  [proh-too-buh-reyt, -tyoo-, pruh-]
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–verb (used without object), -at⋅ed, -at⋅ing.
to bulge out, forming a rounded projection.
Origin:
1570–80; < LL prōtūberātus, ptp. of prōtūberāre. See protuberant, -ate 1
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pro·tu·ber·ate   (prō-tōō'bə-rāt', -tyōō'-, prə-)   
intr.v.   pro·tu·ber·at·ed, pro·tu·ber·at·ing, pro·tu·ber·ates
To swell or bulge.

[Late Latin prōtūberāre, prōtūberāt- : Latin prō-, forth; see pro-1 + Latin tūber, a swelling; see teuə- in Indo-European roots.]
pro·tu'ber·a'tion n.
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