▪ I. † ˈcomplanate, v. Obs.
[f. L. complānāt- ppl. stem of complānāre to make level, f. com- + plānāre (recorded only in late L.), f. plān-us plane.]
trans. To make plane or level, to flatten.
| 1643 A. Burges Diffic. Reform. 18 They sent some before..that did complanate and make levell the way. 1713 Derham Phys.-Theol. v. ii. 326 The vertebrae of the Neck and Back Bone [are] made short and complanated. |
▪ II. complanate, a.
(ˈkɒmpləneɪt)
[ad. L. complānāt-us pa. pple. of complānāre: see prec.]
Made plane or level, lying in one plane, flattened.
| 1848 Dana Zooph. 442 Branches..below complanate, without branchlets. 1881 Jrnl. Microsc. Sc. Jan. 66 Polystomella imperatrix, nov.―Test spiral, symmetrically discoidal, complanate. 1882 Syd. Soc. Lex., Complanate, flattened. |