Definition of "gladiate" []

• Sword-shaped, as a leaf of an iris. (adjective)

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• "Henry's post starts: "Unafraid as I am to pin my hamster to the mast in a sudden crisis, I shall splench my mainwairing to the thistledown and gladiate hencewithstanding.""
• "To facilitate the gladiators, but to never gladiate."
• "He had good intentions, but like the Steve Taylor song goes, "a politician next door, swore, he'd set the Washington arena on fire, thinks he'll gladiate them, but they're gonna make him a liar.""