inclavated

English

Etymology

From Latin inclavatus, from in- (“in”) + clavare (“to fasten with nails”), from clavus (“nail”).

Adjective

inclavated (comparative more inclavated, superlative most inclavated)

1. (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.