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coarctate.

Pressed close together, constricted, narrowed, compressed.

9 characters2 syllables approx.English language

Meaning & usage

adj/kəʊˈɑːk.teɪt/Received-Pronunciation/koʊˈɑɹkˌteɪt/General-American/ˈkoʊˌɑɹkˌteɪt/General-American/koʊˈɑɹk.tɪt/General-American
  1. Pressed close together, constricted, narrowed, compressed.

  2. (of the pupa of certain flies) Enclosed in a rigid case formed by the larval cuticle or puparium.

Where this word comes from

Borrowed from Latin coarctātus, perfect participle of coarctō (“to press together, compress, contract, confine”), from co- (“being or bringing together, co-”) + arctō (“to draw or press close together”).

verb/kəʊˈɑːk.teɪt/Received-Pronunciation/koʊˈɑɹkˌteɪt/General-American
  1. To press together; to crowd.

    obsolete
  2. To restrain; to confine.

    obsolete
Where this word comes from

From the above adjective, for more see etymology at -ate.

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