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Emarginate

E-mär'ġi-nāte, v. t.

verbtransitive

v. t. [Lat. emarginare, emarginatum, from e, out, and marginare, to furnish with a margin, from margo, edge, margin.] To take away the margin of. Cockeram.

E-mär'ġi-nate or E-mär'ġi-nā'ted, a.

adjective

a. [Lat. emarginatus, p. p. of emarginare; Fr. emarginé.]

(Bot.) Notched at the summit.
(Min.) Having all the edges of the primitive form truncated, each by one face.
(Zoöl.) Having the margin broken by an obtuse notch or the segment of a circle.