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re·tic·u·late  audio  (r-tky-lt, -lt) KEY 

ADJECTIVE:
Resembling or forming a net or network: reticulate veins of a leaf.
VERB:
re·tic·u·lat·ed, re·tic·u·lat·ing, re·tic·u·lates (-lt)
VERB:
tr.
  1. To make a net or network of.
  2. To mark with lines resembling a network.
VERB:
intr.
To form a net or network.
ETYMOLOGY:
Latin rticultus, from rticulum, diminutive of rte, net

OTHER FORMS:
re·ticu·late·ly(Adverb), re·ticu·lation(Noun)


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