ferruminate

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verb

To solder, fuse together, merge or unite, as if metals.

“c. 1810-1820?, Samuel Taylor Coleridge, Notes on Ben Jonson too many other passages ferruminated by Jonson from Seneca's tragedies and the writings of the later Romans”

OriginLatin ferrūminātus →
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Meanings

verbferruminate (third-person singular simple present ferruminates, present participle ferruminating, simple past and past participle ferruminated)

present singular third person ferruminates · participle present ferruminating · participle past ferruminated · past ferruminated

  1. obsoletetransitiveusually figurativrTo solder, fuse together, merge or unite, as if metals.

    c. 1810-1820?, Samuel Taylor Coleridge, Notes on Ben Jonson too many other passages ferruminated by Jonson from Seneca's tragedies and the writings of the later Romans

Origin

  1. Latinferrūminātus
  2. Englishferruminate

Borrowed from Latin ferrūminātus, perfect passive participle of ferrūminō (“to cement, solder”) (see -ate (verb-forming suffix)), from ferrūmen (“cement”).

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APA

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

MLA

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

Chicago

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

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