nivatedadj.
/nʌɪˈveɪtᵻd/, U.S. /ˈnaɪˌvɛɪdᵻd/ Physical Geography. rare.
Produced or affected by nivation.
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1900 F. E. Matthes in 21st Ann. Rep. U.S. Geol. Surv. 1899–1900: Pt. 2 184 A glance at the nivated areas..impresses one strongly with their general smoothness and the wavy outlines of their features... Glaciated forms are seen to shade out into nivated forms.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2003; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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adj.1900- to call pisher
- to call quits
- to call rarely to speak all to naught
- to call rarely to speak to naught
- to call shotgun
- to call signals
- to call sisters
- to call square
- to call the clash
- to call the coin
- to call the crack
- to call the diet
- to call the house
- to call the king one's cousin
- to call the last turn
- to call the moose
- to call the register
- to call the roll
- to call the shots
- to call the signals
- to call the suits
- to call the tune
- to call the turn
- to call the way
- to call them as one sees them