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, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.

Latin

Verb

concinnāte

1. second-person plural present active imperative of concinnō