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glaciate Definition


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glaciate
verb glaciated, glaciating
    1. Said of land, etc: to become covered with glaciers or ice sheets.
    2. To subject (land, etc) to the eroding action of moving glaciers or ice sheets.
    3. To polish (rock, etc) by the action of ice.
Derivative: glaciation
noun
    Etymology: 19c in this sense: from Latin glaciare, glaciatum to freeze.



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