Lineate

adj, verb

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Definitions

Verb
  1. 1
    To mark with lines. obsolete
  2. 2
    To delineate, represent. obsolete
Adjective
  1. 1
    Marked with lines. especially, obsolete
  2. 2
    Marked longitudinally with depressed parallel lines. obsolete

    "a lineate leaf"

Synonyms

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lineated

Etymology

Etymology 1

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”).

Etymology 2

First attested in 1643; borrowed from Latin delineātus, participial adjective, see Etymology 1 and -ate (adjective-forming suffix) for more.

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