Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Nucleate \Nu"cle*ate\, a. [L. nucleatus having a kernel.]
   Having a nucleus; nucleated.

Nucleate \Nu"cle*ate\, v. t. [Cf. L. nucleare to become
   kernelly.]
   To gather, as about a nucleus or center.

Source : WordNet®

nucleate
     adj : having a nucleus or occurring in the nucleus; "nucleated
           cells" [syn: {nucleated}]

nucleate
     v : form into a nucleus; "Some cells had nucleated"