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conferruminate

conferruminate verb: to unite into a solid mass.

Verb

conferruminate (third-person singular simple present conferruminates, present participle conferruminating, simple past and past participle conferruminated)

  1. To unite into a solid mass

Adjective

conferruminate (comparative more conferruminate, superlative most conferruminate)

  1. Closely united by the coalescence of contiguous faces.
    • The cotyledons of the live-oak acorn are conferruminate.

Forms of conferruminate

Verb
third-person singular presentconferruminates
present participleconferruminating
past participleconferruminated
pastconferruminated
Adjective
comparativemore conferruminate
superlativemost conferruminate

Origin of conferruminate

First attested in 1826; borrowed from Latin conferrūminātus, perfect passive participle of conferrūminō (“to cement”) (see -ate (verb-forming suffix) and -ate (adjective-forming suffix)), from con- + ferrūminō, from ferrūmen (“cement”) + -ō (verb-forming suffix).

Questions about conferruminate

What does conferruminate mean?
Conferruminate means to unite into a solid mass.
What part of speech is conferruminate?
Conferruminate can be a verb or an adjective.
What is the past tense of conferruminate?
The past tense of conferruminate is conferruminated.

Words near conferruminate in the dictionary

  1. conferrers
  2. conferrest
  3. conferreth
  4. conferring
  5. conferrings
  6. conferruminate
  7. conferruminated
  8. conferruminates
  9. conferruminating
  10. conferrumination
  11. confers

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