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▪ I. columbate, n. Chem.|kəˈlʌmbeɪt| [f. columb-ium + -ate1.] A salt of columbic acid.
1816J. Smith Panorama Sc. & Art II. 431 It is found in the ore of columbium or columbate of iron. ▪ II. † columbate, v. Obs.—0 [f. L. columbāt- ppl. stem of columbāri to bill like doves.] ‘To bill or kisse like a Doue’ (Cockeram 1623). |