- acervate
- acer·vate
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acervate
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Acervate — A*cer vate, v. t. [L. acervatus, p. p. of acervare to heap up, fr. acervus heap.] To heap up. [Obs.] [1913 Webster] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Acervate — A*cer vate, a. Heaped, or growing in heaps, or closely compacted clusters. [1913 Webster] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
acervate — [ə sʉr′vit, ə sʉr′vāt΄] adj. [L acervatus, pp. of acervare, to heap up < acervus, a heap] Biol. growing in tight clusters or heaps … English World dictionary
acervate — adjective pertaining to a growth of fungi that forms a heaped up mass acervate fungous sporophores • Pertains to noun: ↑acervulus … Useful english dictionary
acervate — adj. [L. acervare, to heap] Pertaining to heaped or growing in heaps or clusters; see coacervate … Dictionary of invertebrate zoology
acervate — acervately, adv. /euh serr vit, vayt, as euhr vayt /, adj. Bot., Mycol. pertaining to growth, esp. of fungi, that forms a dense, heaped up mass. [1840 50; < L acervatus heaped up (ptp. of acervare), equiv. to acerv(us) heap + atus ATE1] * * * … Universalium
acervate — adjective /ˈæs.ə.veɪt,ˈæs.ɚ.veɪt/ Heaped, or growing in heaps, or closely compacted clusters. Syn: heap, pile See Also: acerval, coacervate … Wiktionary
acervate — a. Botany, growing in heaps; clustered … Dictionary of difficult words
Assemblage — (Roget s Thesaurus) < N PARAG:Assemblage >N GRP: N 1 Sgm: N 1 1 =>{opp,73,} assemblage Sgm: N 1 collection collection collocation colligation Sgm: N 1 compilation compilation levy gathering ingathering muster … English dictionary for students
Coacervate — Co a*cer vate, a. [L. coacervatus, p. p. of coacervare to heap up; co + acervare. See {Acervate}.] Raised into a pile; collected into a crowd; heaped. [R.] Bacon. [1913 Webster] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
