Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- transitive verb To provide with or be a margin to; border.
- transitive verb To add margin to (a stock portfolio).
- adjective Biology Having a distinct border or edge.
from The Century Dictionary.
- To furnish with a margin or margins.
- Having a margin.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective Having a margin distinct in appearance or structure.
- transitive verb rare To furnish with a distinct margin; to margin.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- adjective mycology, biology With a well marked
edge ormargin . - verb To provide with margins.
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Examples
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#What meaning is conveyed by the term "marginate"?
Essentials of Diseases of the Skin Including the Syphilodermata Arranged in the Form of Questions and Answers Prepared Especially for Students of Medicine Henry Weightman Stelwagon 1886
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Eczema, psoriasis, and lupus erythematosus are diseases in which there are distinct _inflammatory symptoms_, such as thickening and infiltration and redness; moreover, psoriasis, and this holds true as to ringworm also, occurs in sharply-defined, circumscribed patches, and lupus erythematosus has a peculiar violaceous tint and an elevated and marginate border.
Essentials of Diseases of the Skin Including the Syphilodermata Arranged in the Form of Questions and Answers Prepared Especially for Students of Medicine Henry Weightman Stelwagon 1886
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