concinnate
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English
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Latin concinnatus, past participle of concinnare (“to concinnate”). See concinnity.
Verb
[edit]concinnate (third-person singular simple present concinnates, present participle concinnating, simple past and past participle concinnated)
- (obsolete, transitive) To place fitly together; to adapt; to clear.
- 1625, Samuel Purchas, His Pilgrimes:
- your Fraternitie […] gave me for the securitie of my future Peregrination, concinnated by the pleasant wit of that inimitable Artizan of sweet Elegancie, the moytie of my heart
References
[edit]- “concinnate”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
Latin
[edit]Verb
[edit]concinnāte