hiate

present singular third person hiates · participle present hiating · participle past hiated · past hiated

1. intransitiverareTo gape; to cause a hiatus.

   It behooves us to hiate a moment and inspect the bottle-tipper in front of her.

   2020, Wilyem Clark, Monuments in the Dusk, page 90

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   When a hiatus is referent what it hiates is referent, when a hiatus is relatum what it hiates is relatum. In consequence it might be thought that a hiatus places what it hiates.

   1932, John Wisdom, “Logical constructions (III.)”, in Mind, JSTOR

   Endoscopy showed linear ulceration at the level of diaphragm-Cameron lesions with large hiated hernia.

   1998, I JOVANOVIĆ, T ALEMPIJEVIĆ, D POPOVIĆ - REDAKCIJSKI ODBOR, “NEOBIČAN I REDAK UZROK MIKROCITNE HIPOHROMNE ANEMIJE–CAMERONOV SINDROM”, in Med. Pregl 2010; LXIII (5-6:423-426. Novi Sad: maj-juni, dlv.org.rs, Summary