imbricate
[verb]
Synonyms: overlap, lap, overlie, override, ride, shingle

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imbricate adjective. ['ɪmbrɪkǝt, -keɪt] E17.
[Latin imbricatus pa. pple of imbricare cover with rain-tiles, from imbrex, imbric- roof-tile: see IMBREX, -ATE².]
1. Formed like a gutter-tile or pantile. E-M17.

2. Chiefly Botany & Zoology. Covered with or composed of scales or scalelike parts overlapping like roof-tiles. M17.
b. Overlapping like tiles. L18.

3. = IMBRICATED 4. L19.

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imbricate verb. ['ɪmbrɪkeɪt] L18.
[Latin imbricat- pa. ppl stem of imbricare: see IMBRICATE adjective, -ATE³.]
1. verb trans. Place so as to overlap like roof-tiles. L18.
imbricative adjective = IMBRICATE adjective 2.

2. verb trans. & intrans. Overlap like roof-tiles. E19.

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