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gla·ci·ate

(glā′shē-āt′, -sē-)

tr.v. gla·ci·at·ed, gla·ci·at·ing, gla·ci·ates

a. To cover with ice or a glacier.

b. To subject to or affect by glacial action.

2. To freeze.

[Latin glaciāre, glaciāt-, to freeze, from glaciēs, ice; see gel- in Indo-European roots.]

gla′ci·a′tion n.

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glaciated

(ˈɡleɪsɪˌeɪtɪd)

adj

(Geological Science) covered with glaciers or masses of ice

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glaciated - covered with ice (as by a glacier) or affected by glacial action

frozen - turned into ice; affected by freezing or by long and severe cold; "the frozen North"; "frozen pipes"; "children skating on a frozen brook"

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glaciated

adj (= covered with glaciers) → gletscherbedeckt, vergletschert; (= eroded by glaciers) → durch Gletschertätigkeit entstanden

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