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English
Etymology
From Latin inclavatus, from in- (“in”) + clavare (“to fasten with nails”), from clavus (“nail”).
Adjective
inclavated (comparative more inclavated, superlative most inclavated)
- (rare) Set; fast; fixed.
1666, John Smith, King Solomon's Portraiture of Old Age:the grinding is far more easily and perfectly performed ; beside , these are more firmly inclavated, and infixed into the jaw bones
1924, James Branch Cabell, Straws And Prayer-Books:He has written wholly to divert himself: he has for that moment been inclavated to pleasure-seeking with somewhat the ruthlessness of a Nero and all the tenacity of a debutante […]
References
“inclavated”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.