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lineate

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Definition of lineate

4 senses · 2 parts of speech · etymology included

verb

  1. (obsolete)To mark with lines.
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verb

  1. (obsolete)To mark with lines.
  2. (obsolete)To delineate, represent.

adj

  1. (especially, obsolete)Marked with lines.
  2. (obsolete)Marked longitudinally with depressed parallel lines.
    “a lineate leaf”

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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”).

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