English Explanatory Dictionary

hastate

English dictionary entry

Meanings

adj
  1. Of or pertaining to a spear.
  2. Shaped similarly to a halberd, with pointed lobes pointed outward from the base.

Pronunciation

/ˈhæsteɪt/

Word forms

hastate more hastate most hastate

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English hastate, borrowed from Latin hastātus (“armed with a spear”), from hasta (“spear”) + -ātus, see -ate (adjective-forming suffix).

Derived words

hastately semihastate
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