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Webster's 1828 Dictionary
BRACHIATE
a.[See Brachial. ] In botany, having branches in pairs, decussated, all nearly horizontal, and each pair at right angles with the next.
Webster's 1913 Dictionary
BRACHIATE
Brach "i *ate, a. Etym: [L. brachiatus (bracch- ) with boughs or branches like arms, from brackium (bracch- ) arm. ] (Bot. )
Defn: Having branches in pairs, decussated, all nearly horizontal, and each pair at right angles with the next, as in the maple and lilac.
New American Oxford Dictionary
brachiate
bra chi ate ▶verb |ˈbrākēˌāt, ˈbrak- ˈbreɪkieɪt | [ no obj. ] (of certain apes ) move by using the arms to swing from branch to branch: the gibbons brachiate energetically across their enclosure. ▶adjective |ˈbrākēˌāt, ˈbrak-, -it ˈbreɪkieɪt |Biology branched, esp. having widely spread paired branches on alternate sides. • having arms. DERIVATIVES bra chi a tion |ˌbrākēˈāSHən, ˌbrak- |noun, bra chi a tor |-ˌātər |noun ORIGIN mid 18th cent. (originally in the sense ‘having paired branches ’): from Latin brachium ‘arm ’ + -ate 2 .
Oxford Dictionary
brachiate
bra ¦chi |ate ▶verb |ˈbrakɪeɪt | [ no obj. ] (of certain apes ) move by using the arms to swing from branch to branch. ▶adjective |ˈbrakɪət, ˈbreɪkɪət |Biology 1 branched, especially having widely spread paired branches on alternate sides. 2 having arms. DERIVATIVES brachiation |-ˈeɪʃ (ə )n |noun, brachiator noun ORIGIN mid 18th cent. (originally in the sense ‘having paired branches ’): from Latin brachium ‘arm ’ + -ate 2 .
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