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.