See Also: glaciate(medicine)
glaciate(dictionary)

glaciate (iou)



glaciate verb. E17.
[Latin glaciat- pa. ppl stem of glaciare freeze, from glacies ice: see -ATE3.]
verb trans. & intrans. Freeze. Long rare or obsolete (chiefly in Dicts.). E17.
verb trans. Geology. Mark or polish by the action of ice; cover with glaciers or ice sheets. Chiefly as glaciated ppl adjective. M19.
F. Hoyle Ice ages are not all-or-nothing affairs that glaciate the entire earth.
glaci'ation noun (a) (a result of) the process of freezing; (b) Geology the action, condition, or result of being covered by glaciers or ice sheets: M17.