† imporcatev.
Etymology: < Latin imporcāt-, participial stem of imporcāre to put into furrows, < in preposition + porca furrow.
Obsolete.
rare. Apparently only attested in dictionaries or glossaries.
1623 H. Cockeram Imporcate, to make a ridge. [1644 Ridiculed in Vindex Anglicus 5.]
Derivatives
1656 T. Blount Imporcation, making a balk in earing of Land.
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