invaginate

invaginate is defined in Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (1913) with 2 senses. The full text of each entry is reproduced verbatim below.

Definitions

  1. 1.To insert as in a sheath; to pr
  2. 2.(a) Sheathed. (b) Having one portion of a hollow organ drawn back within another portion.

Source: Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).

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