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SYLLABICATION:pli·cate
PRONUNCIATION:  plkt
VARIANT FORMS: also pli·cat·ed (-ktd)
ADJECTIVE: Arranged in folds like those of a fan; pleated.
ETYMOLOGY:Latin plictus, past participle of plicre, to fold. See plek- in Appendix I.
OTHER FORMS:plicately —ADVERB
plicateness —NOUN
 
 
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