adjugate

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verb

To yoke an animal to something

OriginLatin adjugatus →
Scrabble 17
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Meanings

verbadjugate (third-person singular simple present adjugates, present participle adjugating, simple past and past participle adjugated)

present singular third person adjugates · participle present adjugating · participle past adjugated · past adjugated

  1. obsoleteTo yoke an animal to something
nounadjugate (plural adjugates)

plural adjugates

  1. mathematicsThe transpose of the respective cofactor matrix, for a given matrix. One of the factors in calculating the inverse of a matrix. Commonly notated as adj(A), where A is the given matrix.

Origin

  1. Latinadjugatus
  2. Englishadjugate

From Latin adjugatus.

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APA

adjugate. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/adjugate

MLA

“adjugate.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/adjugate. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “adjugate,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/adjugate.

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