Etymology

coarctate

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Today it means: Pressed close together, constricted, narrowed, compressed. Full definition →

Latin coarctātus
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coarctate · adjective1

  1. Latin · borrowed fromcoarctātus
  2. English todaycoarctate

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”).

coarctate · verb2

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

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