a. Nat. Hist., etc. [ad. L. cristāt-us, f. crista CREST: see -ATE.] Having a crest, crested; in the form of a crest.
1661. Lovell, Hist. Anim. & Min., Introd. The … larke, cristate, and not cristate.
1859. Todd, Cycl. Anat., V. 768. Index, Cristate process of the ethmoid bone.
