IMBRICATE
\ɪmbɹɪkˈe͡ɪt], \ɪmbɹɪkˈeɪt], \ɪ_m_b_ɹ_ɪ_k_ˈeɪ_t]\
Definitions of IMBRICATE
- 2006 - WordNet 3.0
- 2011 - English Dictionary Database
- 2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
- 1913 - Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
- 1919 - The Winston Simplified Dictionary
- 1919 - The Concise Standard Dictionary of the English Language
- 1894 - The Clarendon dictionary
- 1920 - A dictionary of scientific terms.
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place so as to overlap; "imbricate the roof tiles"
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(botany) used especially of leaves or bracts; overlapping or layered as scales or shingles
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By Noah Webster.
By William Dodge Lewis, Edgar Arthur Singer
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Imbrication.
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Overlapping; having overlapping scales. imbricated.
By James Champlin Fernald
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Overlapping, like tiles or scales.
By William Hand Browne, Samuel Stehman Haldeman
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