interdigitate

[ in-ter-dij-i-teyt ]

verb (used with or without object)

, in·ter·dig·i·tat·ed, in·ter·dig·i·tat·ing.

1. to interlock, as or like the fingers of both hands.

interdigitate

/ ˌɪntəˈdɪdʒɪˌteɪt /

verb

1. intr to interlock like the fingers of clasped hands

Other Words From

• inter·digi·tation noun

Word History and Origins

Origin of interdigitate¹

First recorded in 1840–50; inter- + digitate

Word History and Origins

Origin of interdigitate¹

C19: from inter- + Latin digitus (see digit ) + -ate ¹

Example Sentences

The ranges of the two species do not overlap in the strict sense but interdigitate in a parapatric type of distribution.

From Project Gutenberg

If this be an objectively moral universe, all acts that I make on that assumption, all expectations that I ground on it, will tend more and more completely to interdigitate with the phenomena already existing.

From Project Gutenberg

Its members interdigitate with their next neighbors in manifold directions, and there are no clean cuts between them anywhere.

From Project Gutenberg

Related Words

• interlace
• interlink
• intertwine