concinnate
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English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Latin concinnatus, past participle of concinnare (“to concinnate”). See concinnity.
Verb[edit]
concinnate (third-person singular simple present concinnates, present participle concinnating, simple past and past participle concinnated)
- (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[edit]
- “concinnate”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
Latin[edit]
Verb[edit]
concinnāte