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plicate
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pli·cate  (plkt) also pli·cat·ed (-ktd)
adj.
Arranged in folds like those of a fan; pleated.

[Latin plictus, past participle of plicre, to fold; see plek- in Indo-European roots.]

plicately adv.
plicateness n.

plicate [ˈplaɪkeɪt], plicated
adj
(Earth Sciences / Geological Science) having or arranged in parallel folds or ridges; pleated a plicate leaf plicate rock strata
[from Latin plicātus folded, from plicāre to fold]
plicately  adv
plicateness  n
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Verb1.plicate - fold into pleats, "Pleat the cloth"
fold, fold up, turn up - bend or lay so that one part covers the other; "fold up the newspaper"; "turn up your collar"


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