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coaptate

Syllables: co·apt·ateUK/ˌkəʊ̯ˈæpt.eɪ̯t/US/ˌkoʊ̯ˈæpt.eɪ̯t/

coaptate verb: to join or attach.

Verb

coaptate (third-person singular simple present coaptates, present participle coaptating, simple past and past participle coaptated)

  1. (transitive) To join or attach.
    • It is a metaphor drawn from Carpenters and other Artificers, who by ſeverall joynts do ſo coaptate and fit the parts of their work unto one another,[…].1645, Edward Reynolds, Israels prayer […], quoted in OED, London, page 44
    • Female patients sometimes tell us that another woman enters her body and coaptates herself to it, especially during the act of coitus.1900, Henry Johns Berkley, A Treatise on Mental Diseases, page 387

Forms of coaptate

third-person singular presentcoaptates
present participlecoaptating
past participlecoaptated
pastcoaptated

Origin of coaptate

Back-formation from coaptation, or borrowed from Late Latin coaptātus, perfect passive participle of coaptō, from co- + aptō (“to fasten”). By surface analysis, coapt + -ate (verbal suffix). First attested in 1645. Doublet of coapt.

Words formed from coaptate

Questions about coaptate

What does coaptate mean?
Coaptate means to join or attach.
What part of speech is coaptate?
Coaptate is a verb.
How do you pronounce coaptate?
Coaptate is pronounced /ˌkəʊ̯ˈæpt.eɪ̯t/ (UK).
What is the past tense of coaptate?
The past tense of coaptate is coaptated.

Words near coaptate in the dictionary

  1. coapply
  2. coapplying
  3. coapprentice
  4. coapprentices
  5. coapt
  6. coaptate
  7. coaptated
  8. coaptates
  9. coaptating
  10. coaptation
  11. coaptation splint

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