insulate

== English == === Etymology === From Latin īnsula (“isle, island”) +‎ -ate (verb-forming suffix) or from Late Latin īnsulātus (“made an island”), see etymology at -ate. First attested in the 16th century; the general verb īnsulō (“insulate”) is attested only in New Latin and postdates the English term, but influence from an otherwise unattested Medieval Latin counterpart cannot be ruled out. Piecewise doublet of isolate. === Pronunciation === (UK) IPA(key): /ˈɪnsjʊleɪt/, /ˈɪnʃʊleɪt/ (US) IPA(key): /ˈɪnsʊleɪt/, /ˈɪnsəleɪt/ (Canada) IPA(key): [ˈɪns(j)ʊle(ɪ)t] Hyphenation: in‧su‧late === Verb === insulate (third-person singular simple present insulates, present participle insulating, simple past and past participle insulated) To separate, detach, or isolate. To separate a body or material from others, e.g. by non-conductors to prevent the transfer of electricity, heat, etc. ==== Synonyms ==== isolate ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Related terms ==== ==== Translations ==== === References === === Further reading === “insulate”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC. William Dwight Whitney, Benjamin E[li] Smith, editors (1911), “insulate”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., →OCLC. === Anagrams === alunites == Latin == === Participle === īnsulāte vocative masculine singular of īnsulātus