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with Anu Gargimbricate
PRONUNCIATION:
(adj: IM-bri-kit, -kayt; verb: IM-bri-kayt)
MEANING:
adjective:
Having overlapping edges, as tiles on a roof or scales on a fish.verb tr., intr.: To overlap as roof tiles or fish scales. ETYMOLOGY:
From Latin imbricare (to cover with pantiles: semicylindrical tiles),
from imbrex (pantile), from imber (rain).
USAGE:
"In that region [Skopje], yesterday as today, allegiance to the Church was
more than a merely confessional matter. It was, and is, imbricated with a
series of loyalties to nation, region, and even party."Christopher Hitchens; The Missionary Position: Mother Teresa in Theory and Practice; Verso Books; 1995. See more usage examples of imbricate in Vocabulary.com's dictionary. A THOUGHT FOR TODAY:
Every man is a creature of the age in which he lives, and few are able to raise themselves above the ideas of the time. -Voltaire, philosopher (1694-1778)
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