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▪ I. cribrate, a. Nat. Hist.|ˈkraɪbreɪt| [f. L. crībrum sieve, after caudate, etc.: see -ate2.] Perforated like a sieve with small holes.
1846Dana Zooph. (1848) 430 Thin cribrate parietes. ▪ II. † ˈcribrate, v. Obs. [f. ppl. stem of L. crībrāre to sift, f. crībrum sieve.] trans. To sift; also fig.
a1631Donne Lett. (1651) 308, I have cribrated, and re⁓cribrated, and post-cribrated the Sermon. 1657Tomlinson Renou's Disp. 633 Cribrated flower of white Orobs. 1669Worlidge Syst. Agric. xiv. §1 (1681) 307 It distils in minute drops, as it were cribrated through the thick Air. |