gla|ci|ate

gla|ci|ate
gla|ci|ate «GLAY shee ayt», transitive verb, -at|ed, -at|ing.
1. to cover with ice or glaciers.
2. to act on or form by ice or glaciers: »

a glaciated valley.

3. to freeze.
[< Latin glaciāre (with English -ate1) < glaciēs ice]

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