concinnateadj.

/kənˈsɪnət/

Etymology: < Latin concinnātus, past participle of concinnāre : see concinnate v.

rare.

†1. As past participle. Made fit: fitted (unto). Obsolete.

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the world > relative properties > order > agreement, harmony, or congruity > suitability or appropriateness > [adjective] > fitly adjusted

well-setc1330

conform?1550

conformable1555

concinnatea1600

conformant1643

conformala1645

concinnated1657

calibrated1909

a1600 Hooker Serm. iii. §4, in Wks. (1888) III. 636 If God do suffer with unweariable toleration vessels concinnate unto death.

1604 R. Cawdrey Table Alphabet. Concinnate, made fit, finely apparelled.

2. adj. Of language: Skilfully put together, appropriately arranged; of studied elegance or beauty.

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society > leisure > the arts > literature > style of language or writing > elegance > [adjective]

fairOE

facundc1381

rhetorian?c1400

facundious1430

rhetoricalc1450

elegantc1475

rhetorial1521

concinnate1548

humane1552

concinne1569

Attic1633

compt1633

concinnated1868

stylish1892

Atticistic1919

1548 Hall's Vnion: Henry VII f. xx^v He was a manne of ripe iudgement in electinge and chosynge concinnate termes, and apte and eloquente woordes.

1849 Fraser's Mag. 40 317 Because of the ode's concinnate excellence, it is especially difficult to translate it.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1891; most recently modified version published online June 2018).

concinnatev.

/kənˈsɪneɪt/

Etymology: < Latin concinnāt-, participial stem of concinnāre to join fitly together, etc., < concinnus : see concinne adj.

Now rare.

transitive. To put together fitly; to set right, arrange duly or neatly; to trim, adjust, prepare fitly.

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the world > relative properties > order > put in (proper) order [verb (transitive)]

rightlOE

attire1330

ettlea1350

to set (also put) in rulea1387

redress1389

dress?a1400

fettlea1400

governc1405

yraylle1426

direct1509

settlec1530

tune1530

instruct1534

rede1545

commodate1595

square1596

concinnate1601

concinnea1620

rectify1655

fix1663

to put (also bring) into repair1673

arrange1802

pipeclay1806

to get together1810

to do up1886

to jack up1939

1601 P. Holland tr. Pliny Hist. World I. xiv. xx. 425 Cato sets downe a receit to trim and concinnate wine (for that is the very tearme which he vses) in this manner.

1608 Bp. J. King Serm. Nov. 9 Subtiltie..accommodateth, concinnateth circumstances.

1658 G. Starkey Natures Explic. 52 Some do concinnate the Theory, others the practick of the Art.

1831 W. Whewell in I. Todhunter William Whewell (1876) II. 110 I am glad you are trying to concinnate your nomenclature.

Derivatives

concinnated adj. = concinnate adj.

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