LINEATE Definition & Meaning

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lineate

[ lin-ee-it, -eyt ]

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adjective

marked with lines, especially parallel lengthwise lines; striped.

lineate

/ -ˌeɪt; ˈlɪnɪɪt /

adjective

marked with lines; streaked

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51�Թ� History and Origins

Origin of lineate¹

First recorded in 1635–45; from Latin ��ī�Ա��ٳܲ�, past participle of ��ī�Ա�� “to make straight, mark with lines”; lineament, -ate ¹

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51�Թ� History and Origins

Origin of lineate¹

C17: from Latin ��ī�Ա��ٳܲ� drawn with lines

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Lineate, marked with parallel lines.

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A figure is a lineate bounded on all parts.

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Hitherto a Line, which of all bignesses is the first and most simple, hath been described: Now followeth a Lineate, the other kinde of magnitude opposed as you see to a line, followeth next in order.

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To a Lineate belongeth an Angle and a Figure.

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Now the common affections of a Lineate are to bee Angled and Figured.

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