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• pli´cate|ness — pli|cate «PLY kayt», adjective. 1. folded like a fan; pleated. 2. folded along its ribs like a closed fan: »Thus birch leaves are plicate, folded several times lengthwise, like a fan (New York Times). ╂[< Latin plicātus folded, past participle …   Useful english dictionary

• pli´cate|ly — pli|cate «PLY kayt», adjective. 1. folded like a fan; pleated. 2. folded along its ribs like a closed fan: »Thus birch leaves are plicate, folded several times lengthwise, like a fan (New York Times). ╂[< Latin plicātus folded, past participle …   Useful english dictionary

• pli|cate — «PLY kayt», adjective. 1. folded like a fan; pleated. 2. folded along its ribs like a closed fan: »Thus birch leaves are plicate, folded several times lengthwise, like a fan (New York Times). ╂[< Latin plicātus folded, past participle of… …   Useful english dictionary

• sup|pli|cate — «SUHP luh kayt», verb, cat|ed, cat|ing. –v.t. 1. to beg (a person) humbly and earnestly; address an entreaty to: »The mother supplicated the judge to pardon her son. SYNONYM(S): entreat, beseech, petition …   Useful english dictionary

• com|pli|cate — «KOM pluh kait», verb. cat|ed, cat|ing, adjective. –v.t. 1. to make hard to understand or to settle; mix up; confuse: »Too many rules complicate a game. SYNONYM(S): involve …   Useful english dictionary

• ex|pli|cate — «EHKS pluh kayt», transitive verb, cat|ed, cat|ing. 1. to develop (a principle, doctrine, or theory). 2. to make clear the meaning of (anything); remove difficulties or obscurities from; clear up; …   Useful english dictionary

• im|pli|cate — «IHM pluh kayt», transitive verb, cat|ed, cat|ing. 1. to show to have a part or to be connected; involve: »The thief s confession implicated the two other men who had helped him steal. The disease may implicate various organs. SYNONYM(S): See syn …   Useful english dictionary

• cen|tu|pli|cate — (adjective, noun. sehn TOO pluh kiht, kayt; TYOO ; verb. sehn TOO pluh kayt, TYOO », adjective, noun, verb, cat|ed, cat|ing. –adj. hundredfold; centuple. –n. one hundred forms or versions; 100 copies. –v.t. to increase 100 times; …   Useful english dictionary

• con|du|pli|cate — «kon DOO pluh kiht, DYOO », adjective. folded together lengthwise: »a conduplicate leaf in bud. ╂[< Latin conduplicātus, past participle of conduplicāre < com together + duplicāre to double] …   Useful english dictionary

• in|du|pli|cate — «ihn DOO pluh kiht, DYOO », adjective. Botany. having the edges bent or rolled inward: »an induplicate calyx or bud leaf …   Useful english dictionary

• mul|ti|pli|cate — «MUHL tuh pluh kayt», adjective. manifold; multifold; multiplex. ╂[< Latin multiplicātus, past participle of multiplicāre; see etym. at multiply (Cf. ↑multiply)] …   Useful english dictionary