coarctate

English

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/

Etymology 1

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”).

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.

Etymology 2

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

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.tɛ]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [ko.arkˈt̪aː.t̪e]

Verb

coarctāte

1. second-person plural present active imperative of coarctō