cellulate

English

Etymology 1

From cellule +‎ -ate (adjective-forming suffix).

Adjective

cellulate (comparative more cellulate, superlative most cellulate)

  1. Divided into chambers or cells; cellular, cellulated.

Etymology 2

From cellule +‎ -ate (verb-forming suffix).

Verb

cellulate (third-person singular simple present cellulates, present participle cellulating, simple past and past participle cellulated)

  1. To make, or to become cellular.
    • 1896, William Caldwell, Schopenhauer's System in Its Philosophical Significance‎[1], page 97:
      And then again, when we put what appears to be unorganised matter under the microscope, we frequently find it to consist of decayed organic or cellulated matter.

Latin

Adjective

cellulāte

  1. vocative masculine singular of cellulātus
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