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mar·cel

(mär-sĕl′)

A hairstyle characterized by deep regular waves made by a heated curling iron.

v. mar·celled, mar·cell·ing, mar·cels

v.tr.

To style (the hair) with deep regular waves, using a curling iron.

v.intr.

To make such a hairstyle.

[After Marcel Grateau (1852-1936), French hairdresser.]

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marcel

(mɑːˈsɛl)

(Hairdressing & Grooming) Also called: marcel wave a hairstyle characterized by repeated regular waves, popular in the 1920s

vb, -cels, -celling or -celled

(Hairdressing & Grooming) (tr) to make such waves in (the hair) with special hot irons

[C20: after Marcel Grateau (1852–1936), French hairdresser]

marˈceller n

Marcel

(French marsɛl)

(Biography) Gabriel (Honoré) (ɡabriɛl). 1889–1973, French Christian existentialist philosopher and dramatist, whose philosophical works include Being and Having (1949) and The Mystery of Being (1951)

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mar•cel

(mɑrˈsɛl)

n., v. -celled, -cel•ling. n.

a. a deep continuous wave produced in the hair with a hot curling iron.

b. a hairstyle consisting of such waves.

v.t.

2. to wave (hair) in a marcel.

[1890–95; after Marcel Grateau (1852–1936), French hairdresser]

mar•cel′ler, n.

marcel

Past participle: marcelled
Gerund: marcelling

Imperative
marcel
marcel

Present
I marcel
you marcel
he/she/it marcels
we marcel
you marcel
they marcel

Preterite
I marcelled
you marcelled
he/she/it marcelled
we marcelled
you marcelled
they marcelled

Present Continuous
I am marcelling
you are marcelling
he/she/it is marcelling
we are marcelling
you are marcelling
they are marcelling

Present Perfect
I have marcelled
you have marcelled
he/she/it has marcelled
we have marcelled
you have marcelled
they have marcelled

Past Continuous
I was marcelling
you were marcelling
he/she/it was marcelling
we were marcelling
you were marcelling
they were marcelling

Past Perfect
I had marcelled
you had marcelled
he/she/it had marcelled
we had marcelled
you had marcelled
they had marcelled

Future
I will marcel
you will marcel
he/she/it will marcel
we will marcel
you will marcel
they will marcel

Future Perfect
I will have marcelled
you will have marcelled
he/she/it will have marcelled
we will have marcelled
you will have marcelled
they will have marcelled

Future Continuous
I will be marcelling
you will be marcelling
he/she/it will be marcelling
we will be marcelling
you will be marcelling
they will be marcelling

Present Perfect Continuous
I have been marcelling
you have been marcelling
he/she/it has been marcelling
we have been marcelling
you have been marcelling
they have been marcelling

Future Perfect Continuous
I will have been marcelling
you will have been marcelling
he/she/it will have been marcelling
we will have been marcelling
you will have been marcelling
they will have been marcelling

Past Perfect Continuous
I had been marcelling
you had been marcelling
he/she/it had been marcelling
we had been marcelling
you had been marcelling
they had been marcelling

Conditional
I would marcel
you would marcel
he/she/it would marcel
we would marcel
you would marcel
they would marcel

Past Conditional
I would have marcelled
you would have marcelled
he/she/it would have marcelled
we would have marcelled
you would have marcelled
they would have marcelled

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Noun	1.	marcel - a hairdo characterized by deep regular waves that are made by a heated curling iron coif, coiffure, hair style, hairdo, hairstyle - the arrangement of the hair (especially a woman's hair)
Verb	1.	marcel - make a marcel in a woman's hair wave - set waves in; "she asked the hairdresser to wave her hair"

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Whilst these projects were being formed by the Duc de Beaufort and Grimaud, the Comte de la Fere and the Vicomte de Bragelonne were entering Paris by the Rue du Faubourg Saint Marcel.

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the slab where Marcel cut the throats of Robert de Clermont and the Marshal of Champagne, in the presence of the dauphin?

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Marcel's Culinary Experience

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