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Word: Imbricate
Speech Type: Adjective
early 17th century (in the sense ‘shaped like a pantile’): from Latin imbricat-, ‘covered with roof tiles’, from the verb imbricare, from imbrex, imbric- ‘roof tile’ (from imber ‘shower of rain’)
ˈɪmbrɪkət
(of scales, sepals, plates, etc.) having adjacent edges overlapping.
Short Definition:(of scales, sepals, plates, etc.) having adjacent edges overlapping
Word: Imbricate
Speech Type: Verb
ˈɪmbrɪkeɪt
overlap or cause to overlap
Short Definition:overlap or cause to overlap
Examples:- a distinguishing feature of the echinoids is that the ossicles imbricate
- the leaflets lie neatly imbricated one over the other
- the book portrays Cavendish as imbricated in her social and intellectual circle
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