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malleate

adj
/ˈmæl.i.ɪt/UK/ˈmæl.i.eɪt/UK

Etymology

First attested in 1598; borrowed from Medieval Latin malleātus, perfect passive participle of malleō (“to beat with a hammer”), see -ate (verb-forming suffix).

  1. borrowed from malleātus

Definitions

  1. Possessing or resembling a malleus, or another structure shaped like a hammer.

    • Malleate trophi are present in such common rotifers as Brachionus, Keratella, and Lecane.

  2. Having a surface with shallow round indentations, resembling copper that has been…

    Having a surface with shallow round indentations, resembling copper that has been hammered.

    • The spire has stronger rib-striæ than C. bequaerti; last whorl finely and closely malleate, with several weak spiral threads.

  3. To beat into shape with a hammer.

    • Man is a mechanic, and works beautiful forms out of natural organisms. He cuts, bores, malleates, melts, casts in matrices, and spins, various articles.

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