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Definition of Spirated
1. spirally twisted [adj]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Spirated
Literary usage of Spirated
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Analogy in the Semitic Languages by Abel Henry Huizinga (1891)
"But when this same suffix is attached to the 3d person, fem. sing, perfect (which
never had a final vowel) it is spirated after the analogy of the same ..."
2. The Descent of Man, and Selection in Relation to Sex. by Charles Darwin (1871)
"The males of this species have long straight spirated horns, ... Those of the
female, when present, are very different in shape, for they are not spirated, ..."
3. The Descent of Man, and Selection in Relation to Sex by Charles Darwin (1871)
"The males of this species have long, straight, spirated horns, nearly parallel
to each other, and directed backward. Those of the female, when present, ..."
4. The Descent of Man, and Selection in Relation to Sex by Charles Darwin (1872)
"The males of this species have long, straight, spirated horns, nearly parallel
to each other, and directed backward. Those of the female, when present, ..."
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