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oc•re•ate
(ok′rē it, -āt′, ō′krē-),USA pronunciation adj.
- Botany, Zoologyhaving an ocrea or ocreae;
sheathed.
- Latin ocreātus greaved, equivalent. to ocre(a) greave (see ocrea) + -ātus -ate1
- 1820–30