coarctate

English

Etymology

See co- (“together”) and Latin artō (“I contract, tighten”).

Adjective

coarctate (comparative more coarctate, superlative most coarctate)

  1. (anatomy) constricted, narrowed or compressed
  2. (entomology, of a pupa) enclosed in a rigid case

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.

Latin

Verb

coarctāte

  1. second-person plural present active imperative of coarctō
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