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Webster 1913 Edition

Gladiate

Glad′i-ate

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Adj.
[L.
gladius
sword.]
(Bot.)
Sword-shaped; resembling a sword in form, as the leaf of the iris, or of the gladiolus.

Webster 1828 Edition

Gladiate

GLA'DIATE

,
Adj.
[L. gladius, a sword.] Sword-shaped; resembling the form of a sword; as the legume of a plant.

Definition 2024

gladiate

gladiate

English

Adjective

gladiate ‎(comparative more gladiate, superlative most gladiate)

  1. (botany) Sword-shaped.
    The leaves of the iris and gladiolus are gladiate.

Translations

Etymology 2

Back-formation from gladiator.

Verb

gladiate ‎(third-person singular simple present gladiates, present participle gladiating, simple past and past participle gladiated)

  1. To fight as a gladiator, to digladiate.
    • 2013, Lorde, Glory and Gore, Pure Heroine:
      You could try and take us (oh, oh),
      but we're the gladiators (oh, oh)
      […]
      We gladiate, but I guess we're really fighting ourselves […]

Etymology

From Latin gladius ‎(“sword”).

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