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Meaning of PROTUBERATE

Pronunciation:  prow'toobu`reyt

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 Definition: 
  1. [v]  form a rounded prominence; "The starved child's belly protuberated"
  2. [v]  cause to bulge out or project
 
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 See Also: bag, bulge

 

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary
 
 Definition: 
\Pro*tu"ber*ate\, v. i. [L. protuberare; pro forward
+ tuber a hump, protuberance. See {Tuber}.]
To swell, or be prominent, beyond the adjacent surface; to
bulge out. --S. Sharp.
 
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