English Explanatory Dictionary

imbricate

English dictionary entry

Meanings

adj
  1. Alternative form of imbricated (“overlapping”).
verb
  1. To overlap in a regular pattern.
  2. To undergo or cause to undergo imbrication.

Word forms

imbricate imbricates imbricating imbricated

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin imbricātus (“tiled”).

Related words

imbrication

Derived words

imbricately nonimbricate nonimbricating subimbricate
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