Meaning of GLACIATE
| Pronunciation: | | 'gleyshee`eyt
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- [v] become frozen and covered with glaciers
- [v] cover with ice or snow or a glacier; "the entire area was glaciated"
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| Webster's 1913 Dictionary |
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\Gla"ci*ate\, v. i. [L. glaciatus, p. p. of glaciare to
freeze, fr. glacies ice.]
To turn to ice.
\Gla"ci*ate\, v. t.
1. To convert into, or cover with, ice.
2. (Geol.) To produce glacial effects upon, as in the scoring
of rocks, transportation of loose material, etc.
{Glaciated rocks}, rocks whose surfaces have been smoothed,
furrowed, or striated, by the action of ice.
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