marginate
English
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin marginātus, perfect passive participle of marginō (“to margin”), see -ate (adjective-forming suffix) and -ate (verb-forming suffix).
Pronunciation
- (adjective) IPA(key): /ˈmɑː(ɹ)dʒɪnət/, /ˈmɑː(ɹ)dʒɪneɪt/
Audio (Southern England): (file) - IPA(key): (verb) /ˈmɑː(ɹ)dʒɪneɪt/
Audio (Southern England): (file)
Adjective
marginate (comparative more marginate, superlative most marginate)
- (mycology, biology) With a well marked edge or margin. [from 1777]
- (Can we add an example for this sense?)
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Verb
marginate (third-person singular simple present marginates, present participle marginating, simple past and past participle marginated)
- To provide with margins. [from 1609]
- 1832, The Edinburgh Encyclopædia:
- undulating lines marginated with pale, one on each side, Maxillæ nearly straight, their base narrow
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Italian
Etymology 1
Verb
marginate
- inflection of marginare:
- second-person plural present indicative
- second-person plural imperative
Etymology 2
Participle
marginate f pl
- feminine plural of marginato
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Latin
Adjective
margināte
- vocative masculine singular of marginātus
Spanish
Verb
marginate