concinnateadj.
/kənˈsɪnət/ 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. xxv 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/ 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.
ΘΚΠ
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
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
1657 Physical Dict. Concinnated, made fit for the purpose, trimmed, apparelled.
1868 E. Arber Selden's Table-talk Introd. 9 In order that concinnated speech may not beguile us from truth, or aphorisms charm us into injustice and error.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1891; most recently modified version published online June 2020).
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