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tes·sel·late (tĕs’ə-lāt’) tr.v., -lat·ed, -lat·ing, -lates. To form into a mosaic pattern, as by using small squares of stone or glass. [From Latin tessellātus, of small square stones, from tessella, small cube, diminutive of tessera, a square. See tessera.]