configurate

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verb

To configure; to arrange or shape.

OriginLatin cōnfigūrātus →
Scrabble 17
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Meanings

verbconfigurate (third-person singular simple present configurates, present participle configurating, simple past and past participle configurated)

present singular third person configurates · participle present configurating · participle past configurated · past configurated

  1. obsoletetransitiveTo configure; to arrange or shape.
  2. intransitiveobsoleteTo take form or position, like the parts of a complex structure; to agree with a pattern.

    Where Pyramids to Pyramids relate / And the whole fabrick doth configurate.

    a. 1685, Thomas Jordan, A Defence for Musick in its Practique and Theorick, Dedicated to all Lovers of Harmony, but more especially to the much honored Mr. JOHN ROGERS
adjectiveconfigurate (comparative more configurate, superlative most configurate)

comparative more configurate · superlative most configurate

  1. obsoleteastrologyAssociated in configuration
  2. obsoleteConfigurated.

Origin

  1. Latincōnfigūrātus
  2. Englishconfigurate

First attested in 1566; borrowed from Latin cōnfigūrātus, perfect passive participle of cōnfigūrō (“to form or alter”), see -ate (verb-forming suffix) and -ate (adjective-forming suffix). Doublet of configure.

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APA

configurate. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/configurate

MLA

“configurate.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/configurate. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “configurate,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/configurate.

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