| Front | imbricate \IM-brih-kit or -keyt\ |
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| Back | adjective Having overlapping edges, as tiles on a roof or scales on a fish. verb tr., intr. To overlap as roof tiles or fish scales. [From Latin imbricare (to cover with pantiles: semicylindrical tiles), from imbrex (pantile), from imber (rain).] "In that region [Skopje], yesterday as today, allegiance to the Church was more than a merely confessional matter. It was, and is, imbricated with a series of loyalties to nation, region, and even party." - Christopher Hitchens; The Missionary Position: Mother Teresa in Theory and Practice; Verso Books; 1995. |
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