coarctate

English

Etymology

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”).

Pronunciation

• (adjective):
  • (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /kəʊˈɑːk.teɪt/
  • (General American) IPA^(key): /koʊˈɑɹkˌteɪt/, /ˈkoʊˌɑɹkˌteɪt/, /koʊˈɑɹk.tɪt/, /ˈkoʊˌɑɹk.tɪt/
• (verb):
  • (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /kəʊˈɑːk.teɪt/
  • (General American) IPA^(key): /koʊˈɑɹkˌteɪt/

Adjective

coarctate (comparative more coarctate, superlative most coarctate)

1. (medicine) Pressed close together, constricted, narrowed, compressed.
2. (entomology) (of the pupa of certain flies) Enclosed in a rigid case formed by the larval cuticle or puparium.

Verb

coarctate (third-person singular simple present coarctates, present participle coarctating, simple past and past participle coarctated)

1. (obsolete) To press together; to crowd.
2. (obsolete) To restrain; to confine.

Related terms

• coarctation

References

• “coarctate”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–2022.
• “coarctate”, in Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: Merriam-Webster, 1996–present.

Latin

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ko.arkˈtaː.te/, [koärkˈt̪äːt̪ɛ]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ko.arkˈta.te/, [koärkˈt̪äːt̪e]

Verb

coarctāte

1. second-person plural present active imperative of coarctō