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glaciate

gla·ciate

US/ˈɡleɪsiˌeɪt/ uncommon

verb

1.

cover with ice or snow or a glacier

  • “the entire area was glaciated”
2.

become frozen and covered with glaciers

Origin

Borrowed from Latin glaciātus, perfect passive participle of glaciō (“to freeze”), see -ate (verb-forming suffix).

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