Definition of imbricate Imbricate
im•bri•cate
We found 8 definitions of imbricate from 4 different sources.
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What does imbricate mean?
WordNet
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| imbricate - overlap; "The roof tiles imbricate" | ||
| overlap coincide partially or wholly; "Our vacations overlap" | ||
| imbricate - place so as to overlap; "imbricate the roof tiles" | ||
| position, lay, pose, put, place, set cause to be in an appropriate place, state, or relation | ||
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| imbricate - used especially of leaves or bracts; overlapping or layered as scales or shingles | ||
| imbricated | ||
| unsmooth, rough not perfected; "a rough draft"; "a few rough sketches" | ||
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Wiktionary 
- imbricate (Verb)
To overlap in a regular pattern. - imbricate (Adjective)
Having regular overlapping edges; intertwined.
Webster DictionaryWebster's Unabridged Dictionary 📘
- imbricate (a.)
Alt. of Imbricated - imbricate (v. t.)
To lay in order, one lapping over another, so as to form an imbricated surface.
Chambers DictionaryChamber's 20th Century Dictionary 📕
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imbricate
im′bri-kāt, v.t. to lay one over another, as tiles on a roof.—adj. bent like a gutter-tile: (bot.) overlapping each other.—n. Imbricā′tion, a concave indenture, as of a tile: an overlapping of the edges: ornamental masonry. [L. imbricāre, -ātum—imbrex, a gutter-tile—imber; a shower.]
