lineate

verb, adj — 4 senses

lineate

verb

Etymology First attested in 1558; borrowed from Medieval Latin līneātus, perfect passive participle of līneō (“to draw a line; (classically) to reduce to a straight line, make straight”) (see -ate (verb-forming suffix)), from līnea (“a line”).

1

Obsolete To mark with lines.

2

Obsolete To delineate, represent.

lineate

adj

Etymology First attested in 1643; borrowed from Latin delineātus, participial adjective, see Etymology 1 and -ate (adjective-forming suffix) for more.

1

Biology, Natural sciences, Zoology Especially, Obsolete Marked with lines.

2

Biology, Botany, Natural sciences Obsolete Marked longitudinally with depressed parallel lines.

  • a lineate leaf

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