"tect" meaning in English

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Adjective

IPA: /tɛkt/ [UK]
enPR: tĕkt [UK] Etymology: From the Middle English tecte, from the Latin tēctus (“covered”), the perfect passive participle of tegō (“I cover”). Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|tecte}} Middle English tecte, {{der|en|la|tēctus||covered}} Latin tēctus (“covered”), {{m|la|tegō||I cover}} tegō (“I cover”) Head templates: {{en-adj|-}} tect (not comparable)
  1. (obsolete, rare, construed as a past participle) Covered; hidden. Tags: not-comparable, obsolete, rare Derived forms: tected [obsolete], tectly [obsolete, rare]
    Sense id: en-tect-en-adj-rb3paS5f Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 86 14
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1

Noun

IPA: /tɛkt/ [UK] Forms: tects [plural]
enPR: tĕkt [UK] Etymology: From the Latin tēctum (“roof”), neuter substantive of tēctus (“covered”); see above. Doublet of tectum. Etymology templates: {{der|en|la|tēctum||roof}} Latin tēctum (“roof”), {{m|la|tēctus||covered}} tēctus (“covered”), {{doublet|en|tectum}} Doublet of tectum Head templates: {{en-noun}} tect (plural tects)
  1. (obsolete, rare) A roof. Tags: obsolete, rare
    Sense id: en-tect-en-noun-dUm6--S2
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2

Inflected forms

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