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n. & v. --n. 1 a dark bituminous pitch occurring naturally or made from petroleum. 2 a mixture of this with sand, gravel, etc., for surfacing roads etc. --v.tr. surface with asphalt. øøasphalter n. asphaltic adj. [ME, ult. f. LL asphalton, -um, f. Gk asphalton]