Usually means: Focus vision on a point.
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We found 16 dictionaries that define the word foveate:

General (12 matching dictionaries)
  1. foveate: Merriam-Webster
  2. foveate: Collins English Dictionary
  3. foveate: Wordnik
  4. foveate: Wiktionary
  5. foveate: Infoplease Dictionary
  6. Foveate, foveate: Dictionary.com
  7. Foveate: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  8. foveate: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
  9. Foveate: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  10. foveate: FreeDictionary.org
  11. foveate: The Phrontistery - A Dictionary of Obscure Words
  12. Foveate: TheFreeDictionary.com

Medicine (4 matching dictionaries)
  1. foveate: Merriam-Webster Medical Dictionary
  2. Dorland's Illustrated Medical Dictionary (No longer online)
  3. online medical dictionary (No longer online)
  4. foveate: Medical dictionary

(Note: See fovea as well.)

Definitions from Wiktionary (foveate)

adjective:  (anatomy, of a bone or organ) Having slight depressions or pits.
verb:  (transitive) To angle one's eyes such that the foveae are directed at (an object in one's field of view), the fovea being the portion of the retina responsible for sharp central vision.

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