Imbricate IM'BRICATE IM'BRICATED, a. [L. imbricatus, imbrico, from
imbrex, a tile.] 1. Bent and hollowed like a roof or gutter tile.
2. In botany, lying over each other, like tiles on roof; parallel,
with a strait surface, and lying one over the other; as leaves in the bud.
imbricate
adj 1: used especially of leaves or bracts; overlapping or
layered as scales or shingles [syn: imbricate,
imbricated]
v 1: place so as to overlap; "imbricate the roof tiles"
2: overlap; "The roof tiles imbricate"
imbricate I. adjectiveEtymology: Late Latin imbricatus, past participle of
imbricare to cover with pantiles, from Latin imbric-, imbrex
pantile, from imbr-, imber rain; akin to Greek ombros rain
Date: circa 1610
lying lapped over each other in regular order <imbricate
scales> II. transitive verb (-cated; -cating)
Date: 1784 overlap; especially to overlap like roof tiles
imbricate v. & adj. --v.tr. & intr. arrange (leaves, the scales of a fish, etc.), or be arranged, so as to overlap like roof-tiles. --adj. having scales etc. arranged in this
way. Derivatives: imbrication n. Etymology: L imbricare imbricat- cover with rain-tiles f. imbrex -icis rain-tile f. imber shower
imbricate
ˈɪmbrɪkeɪt v. & adj. --v.tr. & intr. arrange (leaves,
the scales of a fish, etc.), or be arranged, so as to overlap like
roof-tiles. --adj. having scales etc. arranged in this way. øøimbrication
n. [L imbricare imbricat- cover with rain-tiles f. imbrex -icis rain-tile
f. imber shower]
Imbricate \Im"bri*cate\, Imbricated \Im"bri*ca`ted\, a. [L.
imbricatus, p. p. of imbricare to cover with tiles, to form
like a gutter tile, fr. imbrex, -icis, a hollow tile, gutter
tile, fr. imber rain.]
1. Bent and hollowed like a roof or gutter tile.
2. Lying over each other in regular order, so as to ``break
joints,'' like tiles or shingles on a roof, the scales on
the leaf buds of plants and the cups of some acorns, or
the scales of fishes; overlapping each other at the
margins, as leaves in [ae]stivation.
3. In decorative art: Having scales lapping one over the
other, or a representation of such scales; as, an
imbricated surface; an imbricated pattern.
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