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Definition: FIMBRIATING

Part of Speech Definition
Verb 1. Seldom used present participle conjugation of the verb fimbriate.[Eve - graph theoretic]
Verb Base
(fimbriate)
1. To hem; to fringe.[Websters].
2. Seldom used base verb from the following inflections: fimbriating, fimbriated, fimbriates, fimbriater, fimbriaters, fimbriatingly and fimbriatedly.[Eve - graph theoretic]

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

Definition: FIMBRIATING

Part of SpeechDefinition
Verb1. Seldom used present participle conjugation of the verb fimbriate.[Eve - graph theoretic]
Verb Base
(fimbriate)
1. To hem; to fringe.[Websters].
2. Seldom used base verb from the following inflections: fimbriating, fimbriated, fimbriates, fimbriater, fimbriaters, fimbriatingly and fimbriatedly.[Eve - graph theoretic]

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

Specialty Definition: fimbriate

DomainDefinition
Noah Webster [Adjective] In botany, fringed; having the edge surrounded by hairs or bristles.. Source: Webster's 1828 American Dictionary.
Geology1: Fringed along the margin. (references)
 2: Of a margin, fringed with long slender hair-like processes (fimbriae). (references)
ScienceFringed. (references)
Wiktionary[Adjective] (botany) fringed, e.g. where the ends of a petal are split into two or more divisions. (references)

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