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velate

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
ve-late
IPA
9
Scrabble Score
6
Letters
2
Syllables
5
Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Having a veil; veiled.

adj

Having a velum.

Etymology

From Latin vēlātus, past participle of vēlāre (“to veil”). See veil. By surface analysis, vel(um) + -ate.

Questions

What does velate mean?
Having a veil; veiled.
Where does velate come from?
From Latin vēlātus, past participle of vēlāre (“to veil”). See veil. By surface analysis, vel(um) + -ate.

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