| The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition. 2000. |
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| SYLLABICATION: | in·fib·u·late |
| PRONUNCIATION: |   n-fb y -l t |
| TRANSITIVE VERB: | Inflected forms: in·fib·u·lat·ed, in·fib·u·lat·ing, in·fib·u·lates
To close off or obstruct the genitals of, especially by sewing together the labia majora in females or fastening the prepuce in males, so as to prevent sexual intercourse. | | ETYMOLOGY: | Latin  nfbulre, nfbult-, to clasp with a brooch, infibulate : in-, on; see in–2 + fbula, brooch, clasp; see fibula. | | OTHER FORMS: | in·fibu·lation —NOUN
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