coarctate

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Scrabble points
13
Words With Friends
15
Letters
9
Pronunciation
/kəʊˈɑːk.teɪt/
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/kəʊˈɑːk.teɪt/ · /koʊˈɑɹkˌteɪt/ · /ˈkoʊˌɑɹkˌteɪt/ · /koʊˈɑɹk.tɪt/ · /ˈkoʊˌɑɹk.tɪt/

Definition of coarctate

4 senses · 2 parts of speech · etymology included

adj

  1. Pressed close together, constricted, narrowed, compressed.
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adj

  1. Pressed close together, constricted, narrowed, compressed.
  2. (of the pupa of certain flies) Enclosed in a rigid case formed by the larval cuticle or puparium.

verb

  1. (obsolete)To press together; to crowd.
  2. (obsolete)To restrain; to confine.

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Etymology

Borrowed from Latin coarctātus, perfect participle of coarctō (“to press together, compress, contract, confine”), from co- (“being or bringing together, co-”) + arctō (“to draw or press close together”).

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