complanate

The adjective is first attested in 1848, the verb in 1643; borrowed from Latin complānātus, perfect passive participle of complānō, see -ate (adjective-forming suffix) and -ate (verb-forming suffix).

complanate (comparative more complanate, superlative most complanate)

1. (botany) Flattened, level.

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complanate (third-person singular simple present complanates, present participle complanating, simple past and past participle complanated)

1. (archaic, transitive) To make level; to flatten.

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• “complanate”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.

complānāte

1. second-person plural present active imperative of complānō