angulate

Borrowed from Classical Latin angulātus, from angulus (“angle”) + -ātus.^[1]

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈæŋɡjʊlət/

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• (General American, without æ-raising) IPA^(key): /ˈæŋɡjələt/
  • (æ-raising) IPA^(key): /ˈeɪ̯ŋɡjələt/, /ˈɛ̃ŋɡjələt/
• Hyphenation: an‧gu‧late

angulate (comparative more angulate, superlative most angulate)

1. Shaped with corners or angles.

   Synonyms: angled, angular, angulated

   angulate leaves

Borrowed from Late Latin angulāt-, the past participial stem of angulō.^[2]

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈæŋɡjʊleɪt/

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• (General American, without æ-raising) IPA^(key): /ˈæŋɡjəleɪ̯t/
  • (æ-raising) IPA^(key): /ˈeɪ̯ŋɡjəleɪ̯t/, /ˈɛ̃ŋɡjəleɪ̯t/
• Hyphenation: an‧gu‧late

angulate (third-person singular simple present angulates, present participle angulating, simple past and past participle angulated)

1. To make, or to become, angular.
   • 2010, Aina J. Gulya, Lloyd B. Minor, Michael E. Glasscock, Glasscock-Shambaugh Surgery of the Ear, page 536:

     The platinum shaft connecting the ribbon to the piston base is a rounded wire and can be easily angulated after placement of the prosthesis for optimal incus to fenestra reach.

angulāte

1. second-person plural present active imperative of angulō