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lineate

verb

Etymology

First attested in 1558; borrowed from Medieval Latin līneātus, perfect passive participle of līneō (“to draw a line; (classically) to reduce to a straight line, make straight”) (see -ate (verb-forming suffix)), from līnea (“a line”).

  1. borrowed from līneātus

Definitions

  1. To mark with lines.

  2. To delineate, represent.

  3. Marked with lines.

  4. ›+ 1 more definition

    1. Marked longitudinally with depressed parallel lines.

      • a lineate leaf

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