▪ I. camerate, a. Zool.
(ˈkæmərət)
[ad. L. camerāt-us, taken as = ‘chambered’ (see next).]
Divided into chambers; chambered; = camerated 2.
| 1543 Traheron Vigo's Chirurg. ii. xxi. 33 Some [exitures, i.e. abscesses] are called camerate, bycause they have many concavites and chambers. 1881 Cleland Evolution iii. 83 Camerate eyes found in the invertebrata. |
▪ II. † ˈcamerate, v. Obs.
[f. L. camerāt- ppl. stem of camerāre to vault, f. camera: see -ate3.]
trans. To vault, to arch.
| 1623 Cockeram, Camerate, to siele, or vault. 1656 Blount, Camerate, to vault, seil, or make an Arch or Roof. |