agminate
English
Alternative forms
Etymology
Borrowed from New Latin agminātus, from the Classical Latin agmen (“a troop”, oblique stem: agmin-) + -ātus (“-ate”). Compare the Latin agminātim (“in hosts”, “in hordes”, adverb).
Pronunciation
- (Received Pronunciation) enPR: ăgʹmĭnāt, IPA(key): /ˈæɡmɪneɪt/
Adjective
agminate (comparative more agminate, superlative most agminate)
- (archaic, biology) Grouped together.
- the agminate glands of Peyer in the small intestine
Translations
biology: grouped together
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References
- “agminate”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.