Associations to the word «Coarctate»

Adjective

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Wiktionary

COARCTATE, adjective. (anatomy) constricted, narrowed or compressed
COARCTATE, adjective. (entomology) (of a pupa) enclosed in a rigid case
COARCTATE, verb. (obsolete) To press together; to crowd.
COARCTATE, verb. (obsolete) To restrain; to confine.

Dictionary definition

COARCTATE, adjective. (of an insect pupa) enclosed in a rigid case.

Wise words

In words, as fashions, the same rule will hold; Alike fantastic, if too new, or old: Be not the first by whom the new are tried, Nor yet the last to lay the old aside.
Alexander Pope