'Tessellate' definitions:

Definition of 'tessellate'

From: WordNet
verb
Fit together exactly, of identical shapes; "triangles tessellate"
verb
Tile with tesserae; "tessellate the kitchen floor"

Definition of 'Tessellate'

From: GCIDE
  • Tessellate \Tes"sel*late\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Tessellated; p. pr. & vb. n. Tessellating.] [L. tessellatus tessellated. See Tessellar.] To form into squares or checkers; to lay with checkered work. [1913 Webster]
  • The floors are sometimes of wood, tessellated after the fashion of France. --Macaulay. [1913 Webster]

Definition of 'Tessellate'

From: GCIDE
  • Tessellate \Tes"sel*late\, a. [L. tesselatus.] Tessellated. [1913 Webster]