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VESICULATE

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

 I. (verb) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Cause to become vesicular or full of air cells

Example:

vesiculate an organ

Classified under:

Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.

Hypernyms (to "vesiculate" is one way to...):

alter; change; modify (cause to change; make different; cause a transformation)

Verb group:

vesiculate (become vesicular or full of air cells)

Sentence frame:

Something ----s something

Derivation:

vesiculation (the formation of vesicles in or beneath the skin)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Become vesicular or full of air cells

Example:

The organs vesiculated

Classified under:

Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.

Hypernyms (to "vesiculate" is one way to...):

change (undergo a change; become different in essence; losing one's or its original nature)

Verb group:

vesiculate (cause to become vesicular or full of air cells)

Sentence frame:

Something ----s

Derivation:

vesiculation (the formation of vesicles in or beneath the skin)

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