| 单词 |
embryonate |
| 释义 |
▪ I. embryonate, a.|ˈɛmbrɪəneɪt| [f. as prec. + -ate2.] †1. = embryonated. Obs.
1669W. Simmons Hydrol. Chym. 56 Maturated into metals, by the embryonate sulphurs. 1675Evelyn Terra (1776) 45 Salts embryonate or undigested and not specificate. †2. = embryonal. Obs.
1693J. Beaumont On Burnet's The. Earth i. 52 Fishes..in an embrionate imperfect state. 1731in Bailey, vol. II. 3. ‘Having an embryo or germ’ (Syd. Soc. Lex.). Hence in Bot. embryonate plants, plants which possess seeds. ▪ II. † ˈembryonate, v. Obs. [f. as prec. + -ate3.] trans. a. To give embryonic existence to; in quot. fig. b. To load or fill as with an embryo or germ; to impregnate.
1671Glanvill Disc. M. Stubbe 15 The Royal Society [was] as it were embryonated there. 1687Ess. Tunbridge Waters in Harl. Misc. I. 587 Divers seminary principles with which they [chalybeate waters] are embryonated. |

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