cellulate
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English
[edit]Etymology 1
[edit]From cellule + -ate (adjective-forming suffix).
Adjective
[edit]cellulate (comparative more cellulate, superlative most cellulate)
- Divided into chambers or cells; cellular, cellulated.
Etymology 2
[edit]From cellule + -ate (verb-forming suffix).
Verb
[edit]cellulate (third-person singular simple present cellulates, present participle cellulating, simple past and past participle cellulated)
- To make, or to become cellular.
- 1896, William Caldwell, Schopenhauer's System in Its Philosophical Significance[1], page 97:
- And then again, when we put what appears to be unorganised matter under the microscope, we frequently find it to consist of decayed organic or cellulated matter.
Latin
[edit]Adjective
[edit]cellulāte