Home › Words › T › turbulateturbulateturbulate means to turn (a laminar flow) into a turbulent flow.Among words judged in Lexicurio's Arena, turbulate ranks #16,733 of 42,747 for Qualifying.EtymologyFrom turbul(ent) + -ate (verb-forming suffix), from Middle English turbulent, from Middle French turbulent, from Latin turbulentus, from turba (“disorder, tumult, crowd”).verbTo turn (a laminar flow) into a turbulent flow.Definitions & examples from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 3.0).