| The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition. 2000. |
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| arcuate |
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| SYLLABICATION: | ar·cu·ate |
| PRONUNCIATION: |  är ky - t, - t |
| VARIANT FORMS: | also ar·cu·at·ed (-td) |
| ADJECTIVE: | Having the form of a bow; curved. | | ETYMOLOGY: | Latin arcutus, past participle of arcure, to bend like a bow, from arcus, bow. | | OTHER FORMS: | arcu·ate·ly —ADVERB
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