: also fasˈcicuˌlated (fəˈsɪkjuˌleɪtɪd), fasˈcicular (fəˈsɪkjulər)
Word origin
< L fasciculus, dim. of fascis (see fasces) + -ate1
fasciculate in American English
(fəˈsɪkjəlɪt, -ˌleit)
adjective
arranged in a fascicle or fascicles
Also: fasciculated
Word origin
[1785–95; fascicul(us) + -ate1]This word is first recorded in the period 1785–95. Other words that entered Englishat around the same time include: depot, dualism, fossilize, guillotine, plateau-ate is a suffix occurring in loanwords from Latin, its English distribution parallelingthat of Latin. The form originated as a suffix added to a- stem verbs to form adjectives (separate). The resulting form could also be used independently as a noun (advocate) and came to be used as a stem on which a verb could be formed (separate; advocate; agitate). In English the use as a verbal suffix has been extended to stems of non-Latin origin(calibrate; acierate)