umbrate

English

Etymology

Latin umbratus, past participle of umbrare (“to shade”), from umbra (“a shade”).

Verb

umbrate (third-person singular simple present umbrates, present participle umbrating, simple past and past participle umbrated)

  1. (obsolete) To shade; to shadow or foreshadow.

Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for umbrate in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.)

Anagrams

Latin

Verb

umbrāte

  1. second-person plural present active imperative of umbrō
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