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▪ I. concatenate, ppl. a.|kɒnˈkætɪneɪt| [ad. L. concatēnāt-us, pa. pple. of concatēnāre: see next, and -ate2.] Chained together (obs.); linked together; concatenated. In Entom., etc. said of rows of processes connected by ridges, or the like.
1471Ripley Comp. Alch. ii. v. in Ashm. (1652) 136 The Elements be so concatenat. 1678Cudworth Intell. Syst. 652 Thus are all the genuine attributes of the Deity..inseparably concatenate. 1871M. C. Cooke Fungi (1874) 131 Sporidia..attached together in fours in a concatenate or beaded manner. Hence conˈcatenateness, ‘the being linked together’ (Bailey 1730–6). ▪ II. concatenate, v.|kɒnˈkætɪneɪt| Also 6–8 -catinate (7 -cathenate). [f. L. concatēnāt-, ppl. stem of concatēnāre to link together, f. con- + catēnāre to chain, f. catēna chain: see -ate3.] trans. To chain together (obs.); to connect like the links of a chain, to link together. fig.
1598R. Barckley Felic. Man (1631) 366 marg., Three bodily worlds concatinated. 1622Malynes Anc. Law-Merch. 356 The said Modells to containe on the one side, the world concatenated together vnder a Crowne Imperiall. 1631Heywood Lond. Jus Hon. Wks. 1874 IV. 277 A Chaine wherein all cheife Vertues and Graces are concatinated and link't together. 1751Johnson Rambler No. 151 ⁋7 Propositions are..concatenated into arguments. 1811Pinkerton Petral. II. 5 A theory is useful to concatenate facts. 1872W. Minto Eng. Lit. 248 Closely concatenating his thoughts. |