Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- See
levigate .
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective (Biol.) Having a smooth surface, as if polished.
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- verb hypercorrect Nonstandard spelling of
levigate .
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hernesheir commented on the word laevigate
Although this variant is common and accepted throughout the literatures of botany and palynology (Jackson, D.D., 1928. A Glossary of Botanic Terms, 4th ed., Duckworth, 481 pp.), I believe levigate is the more correct adjectival derivative of the Latin term levigatus.
December 14, 2010