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Webster 1913 Edition


Glaciate

Gla′ci-ate

,
Verb.
I.
[L.
glaciatus
, p. p. of
glaciare
to freeze, fr.
glacies
ice.]
To turn to ice.

Gla′ci-ate

,
Verb.
T.
1.
To convert into, or cover with, ice.
2.
(Geol.)
To produce glacial effects upon, as in the scoring of rocks, transportation of loose material, etc.
Glaciated rocks
,
rocks whose surfaces have been smoothed, furrowed, or striated, by the action of ice.

Webster 1828 Edition


Glaciate

GLA'CIATE

,
Verb.
I.
To turn to ice.

Definition 2024


glaciate

glaciate

English

Verb

glaciate (third-person singular simple present glaciates, present participle glaciating, simple past and past participle glaciated)

  1. To cover with ice or a glacier
  2. To erode with a glacier
  3. To freeze

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Latin

Verb

glaciāte

  1. second-person plural present active imperative of glaciō