coarctate

English

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).

Pronunciation

Adjective

coarctate (comparative more coarctate, superlative most coarctate)

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

Verb

coarctate (third-person singular simple present coarctates, present participle coarctating, simple past and past participle coarctated)

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

References

Latin

Pronunciation

Verb

coarctāte

  1. second-person plural present active imperative of coarctō
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