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   The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition.  2000.
 
obturate
 
SYLLABICATION:ob·tu·rate
PRONUNCIATION:  bt-rt, -ty-
TRANSITIVE VERB:Inflected forms: ob·tu·rat·ed, ob·tu·rat·ing, ob·tu·rates
To close or obstruct.
ETYMOLOGY:Latin obtrre, obtrt-. See teu- in Appendix I.
OTHER FORMS:obtu·ration —NOUN
 
 
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