corrivate
corrivate verb: to flow, or cause to flow, together, like water drawn from several streams.
Verb
corrivate (third-person singular simple present corrivates, present participle corrivating, simple past and past participle corrivated)
- To flow, or cause to flow, together, like water drawn from several streams.
- Veins are hollow and round, like pipes, arising from the liver, carrying blood and natural spirits; they feed all the parts. Of these there be two chief, vena porta and vena cava, from which the rest are corrivated.1624, Democritus Junior [pseudonym; Robert Burton], The Anatomy of Melancholy: […], 2nd edition, Oxford, Oxfordshire: […] John Lichfield and James Short, for Henry Cripps, →OCLC, partition I, section...
Forms of corrivate
| third-person singular present | corrivates |
|---|---|
| present participle | corrivating |
| past participle | corrivated |
| past | corrivated |
Origin of corrivate
Borrowed from Latin corrīvātus, perfect passive participle of corrīvō (“to corrivate”) (see -ate (verb-forming suffix)), from con- + rīvus + -ō.
Questions about corrivate
- What does corrivate mean?
- Corrivate means to flow, or cause to flow, together, like water drawn from several streams.
- What part of speech is corrivate?
- Corrivate is a verb.
- What is the past tense of corrivate?
- The past tense of corrivate is corrivated.
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