Fas-tĭg'i-ate or Fas-tĭg'i-ā'ted, a.

a. [Lat. fastigatus, pointed, sharpened or tapering to a point, from fastigium, gable end, top, height, summit; Fr. fastigié.]

1. Narrowed to the top.
2. (Bot.) Close, parallel, and upright, as the branches of the Lombardy poplar; pointed. Gray.