malleate

1 of 2

transitive verb

mal·​le·​ate

-ēˌāt

-ed/-ing/-s

: to beat with a hammer : pound

the surfaces of some fragments suggested that the clay had been poorly malleated

—American Antiquity

specifically : to beat or mark or dent (a metal) with a hammer in working or decorating

malleate

2 of 2

adjective

mal·​le·​ate

-ˌāt,

-ə̇t

: having a malleus

Word History

Etymology

Transitive verb

Medieval Latin malleatus, past participle of malleare to hammer

Adjective

New Latin malleatus, from malleus + Latin -atus -ate

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