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Definition: ARISTATE

Part of Speech Definition
Adjective 1. Having a pointed, beardlike process, as the glumes of wheat; awned.[Websters]
2. Having a slender, sharp, or spinelike tip.[Websters]
3. Being bearded or bewhiskered. [Eve - graph theoretic]
4. Virtually never used base adjective of the rarely used adverb aristately.[Eve - graph theoretic]
Adverb Form
(aristately)
1. Virtually never used adverbial inflection of the rarely used adjective aristate.[Eve - graph theoretic]

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), compiled from various sources, under license.

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Date "Aristate" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1914. (references)

Etymology:Aristate \A*ris"tate\, adjective. [Latin expression aristatus, from arista. See Arista.]. (references)

Specialty Definition: ARISTATE

Domain Definition
Geology 1: Awned; having an awn. (references)
  2: Having a stiff, bristle-like appendage or tip. (references)

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Definition: ARISTATE

Part of SpeechDefinition
Adjective1. Having a pointed, beardlike process, as the glumes of wheat; awned.[Websters]
2. Having a slender, sharp, or spinelike tip.[Websters]
3. Being bearded or bewhiskered. [Eve - graph theoretic]
4. Virtually never used base adjective of the rarely used adverb aristately.[Eve - graph theoretic]
Adverb Form
(aristately)
1. Virtually never used adverbial inflection of the rarely used adjective aristate.[Eve - graph theoretic]

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), compiled from various sources, under license.

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Date "ARISTATE" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1914. (references)

Etymology:Aristate \A*ris"tate\, adjective. [Latin expression aristatus, from arista. See Arista.]. (references)

Specialty Definition: ARISTATE

DomainDefinition
Geology1: Awned; having an awn. (references)
 2: Having a stiff, bristle-like appendage or tip. (references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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