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coaptates

coaptates is the third-person singular simple present indicative of coaptate.

Meaning of coaptate

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

Questions about coaptates

What is coaptates the third-person singular simple present indicative of?
Coaptates is the third-person singular simple present indicative of coaptate.

Words near coaptates in the dictionary

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

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