单词 | catenate |
释义 | catenatev. 1. transitive. To connect like the links of a chain, to link, to string together; to form into a catena or series. ΚΠ 1623 H. Cockeram Eng. Dict. Catennate, to chaine. 1656 T. Blount Glossographia Catenate, to link, chain or tie. 1794 E. Darwin Zoonomia I. 85 If this activity be catenated with the diurnal circle of actions. 2. figurative (humorously.) To bind as with a chain. ΚΠ 1791 J. Boswell Life Johnson anno 1784 II. 562 This gigantic frame..catenated by thy charms, A captive in thy ambient arms. Derivatives ˈcatenated adj. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > order > order, sequence, or succession > [adjective] > in proper sequence well-connected?1663 connected1816 continuative1865 catenateda1876 a1876 J. H. Newman Hist. Sketches II. v. v. 477 He fused those catenated passages into one homogeneous comment. 1876 H. Maudsley Physiol. of Mind v. 308 A transference of energy from one to another of the catenated cells. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1889; most recently modified version published online March 2019). < v.1623 |
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