coarctate

See co- (“together”) and Latin artō (“I contract, tighten”).

coarctate (comparative more coarctate, superlative most coarctate)

1. (anatomy) constricted, narrowed or compressed
2. (entomology, of a pupa) enclosed in a rigid case

coarctate (third-person singular simple present coarctates, present participle coarctating, simple past and past participle coarctated)

1. (obsolete) To press together; to crowd.
2. (obsolete) To restrain; to confine.

• coarctation

coarctāte

1. second-person plural present active imperative of coarctō