fasciate

English

Etymology

From Latin fasciō (“to swathe or bind”).

Pronunciation

• (verb) IPA^(key): /ˈfæʃi.eɪt/
• (adjective) IPA^(key): /ˈfæʃi.ət/

Verb

fasciate (third-person singular simple present fasciates, present participle fasciating, simple past and past participle fasciated)

1. (transitive) To bind.
2. To apply fascia.

Adjective

fasciate (not comparable)

1. Bound with a fillet, sash, or bandage.
2. (botany) Banded or compacted together.
3. (botany) Flattened and laterally widened.

   The stems of the garden cockscomb are often fasciate.

4. (zoology) Broadly banded with colour.

Related terms

• fasciation

Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for “fasciate”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.)

Italian

Etymology 1

Verb

fasciate

1. inflection of fasciare:
   1. second-person plural present indicative/subjunctive
   2. second-person plural imperative

Etymology 2

Participle

fasciate f pl

1. feminine plural of fasciato

Anagrams

• scafiate

Latin

Adjective

fasciāte

1. vocative masculine singular of fasciātus