concinnate

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verb

To place fitly together; to adapt; to clear.

Scrabble 14

Meanings

verbconcinnate (third-person singular simple present concinnates, present participle concinnating, simple past and past participle concinnated)

present singular third person concinnates · participle present concinnating · participle past concinnated · past concinnated

  1. obsoletetransitiveTo place fitly together; to adapt; to clear.

    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

    1625, Samuel Purchas, His Pilgrimes

Origin

  1. Latinconcinnatus
  2. Englishconcinnate

From Latin concinnatus, past participle of concinnare (“to concinnate”). See concinnity.

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