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Alated (gcide) | Alate \A"late\, Alated \A"la*ted\, a. [L. alatus, from ala
wing.]
Winged; having wings, or side appendages like wings.
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alated (wn) | alated
adj 1: (of seeds or insects) having winglike extensions; "alate
leaves"; "alate seeds of a maple tree" [syn: alate,
alated] |
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escalated (encz) | escalated,vystupňoval v: Zdeněk Brož |
Intercalated (gcide) | Intercalate \In*ter"ca*late\, v. t. [imp. & p. p.
Intercalated; p. pr. & vb. n. Intercalating.] [L.
intercalatus, p. p. of intercalare to intercalate to
intercalate; inter between + calare to call, proclaim. See
Calendar.]
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1. (Chron.) To insert, as a day or other portion of time, in
a calendar.
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2. To insert among others, as a verse in a stanza; specif.
(Geol.), to introduce as a bed or stratum, between the
layers of a regular series of rocks.
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Beds of fresh-water shells . . . are intercalated
and interstratified with the shale. --Mantell.
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alated (wn) | alated
adj 1: (of seeds or insects) having winglike extensions; "alate
leaves"; "alate seeds of a maple tree" [syn: alate,
alated] |
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