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compaginate

/kəmˈpæd͡ʒɪneɪt/

compaginate verb: to unite or hold together.

Verb

compaginate (third-person singular simple present compaginates, present participle compaginating, simple past and past participle compaginated)

  1. (obsolete, transitive) To unite or hold together.
    • [O]ur fraternall charities ſeeme to be the ſide-pieces vvhich combine and compaginate the vvhole frame; ſo that theſe three concurrencies do compleat the meanes of our ſoules re-aſcent to her Creator: […]1648, Walter Montagu, “The Fourteenth Treatise. The Test and Ballance of Filial and Mercenary Love. §. V. Advises in Order to the Preserving this Sort of Love and Fraternall Dilection, Represented as...

Forms of compaginate

third-person singular presentcompaginates
present participlecompaginating
past participlecompaginated
pastcompaginated

Origin of compaginate

First attested in 1648; borrowed from Late Latin compaginātus, perfect passive participle of compaginō, see -ate (verb-forming suffix).

Questions about compaginate

What does compaginate mean?
Compaginate means to unite or hold together.
What part of speech is compaginate?
Compaginate is a verb.
How do you pronounce compaginate?
Compaginate is pronounced /kəmˈpæd͡ʒɪneɪt/.
What is the past tense of compaginate?
The past tense of compaginate is compaginated.

Words near compaginate in the dictionary

  1. compacture
  2. compadre
  3. compadres
  4. compage
  5. compages
  6. compaginate
  7. compaginated
  8. compaginates
  9. compaginating
  10. compagination
  11. compaginations

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