Meaning

1 senses

  1. To join or attach.

Origin

Back-formation from coaptation, or borrowed from Late Latin coaptātus, perfect passive par

Back-formation from coaptation, or borrowed from Late Latin coaptātus, perfect passive participle of coaptō, from co- + aptō (“to fasten”). By surface analysis, coapt + -ate (verbal suffix). First attested in 1645. Doublet of coapt.

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Forms

coaptates, coaptating, coaptated, coaptated
Base formcoaptate · to coaptate
3rd person singularcoaptates
Present participlecoaptating
Past simplecoaptated
Past participlecoaptated

regular · Lesson

Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, theycoaptate
he, she, itcoaptates

Past simpleLesson

all personscoaptated

Present perfectLesson

I, you, we, theyhave coaptated
he, she, ithas coaptated

Future simple (will)Lesson

all personswill coaptate

Word family

2 related words
Relatedcoapt
Derivedcoaptation

Lessons for this word

3 lessons

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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