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re⋅tic⋅u⋅late

  [adj. ri-tik-yuh-lit, -leyt; v. ri-tik-yuh-leyt] adjective, verb, -lat⋅ed, -lat⋅ing.
Use reticulate in a Sentence
–adjective
1. netted; covered with a network.
2. netlike.
3. Botany. having the veins or nerves disposed like the threads of a net.
–verb (used with object)
4. to form into a network.
5. to cover or mark with a network.
–verb (used without object)
6. to form a network.
Origin:
1650–60; < L rēticulātus net-like, equiv. to rēticul(um) reticle + -ātus -ate 1

Related forms:
re⋅tic⋅u⋅late⋅ly, adverb
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re·tic·u·late   (rĭ-tĭk'yə-lĭt, -lāt')   
adj.  Resembling or forming a net or network: reticulate veins of a leaf.
v.   (-lāt') re·tic·u·lat·ed, re·tic·u·lat·ing, re·tic·u·lates

v.   tr.

  1. To make a net or network of.

  2. To mark with lines resembling a network.

v.   intr.
To form a net or network.

[Latin rēticulātus, from rēticulum, diminutive of rēte, net.]
re·tic'u·late·ly adv., re·tic'u·la'tion n.
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
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Word Origin & History

reticulate 
1658, from L. reticulatus "having a net-like pattern," from reticulum "little net," dim. of rete "net," which probably is cognate with Lith. retis "sieve," and from either the root of L. rarus "thin" or another PIE root meaning "twist, bind." Reticular is attested from 1597.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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