concinnate

English

Etymology

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

Verb

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

  1. (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

  • concinnate in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913

Latin

Verb

concinnāte

  1. second-person plural present active imperative of concinnō
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