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coaptate

verb · 1 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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  • kō′ăpt′āt
  • Received-Pronunciation: /ˌkəʊ̯ˈæpt.eɪ̯t/
  • Received-Pronunciation: /ˌkəʊ̯ˈapt.eɪ̯t/
  • Canada, General-American: /ˌkoʊ̯ˈæpt.eɪ̯t/
  • Australian: /ˌkəʉ̯ˈæpt.æɪ̯t/
  • Australian: /ˌkɐʉ̯ˈæpt.æɪ̯t/
  • New-Zealand: /ˌkɐʉ̯ˈɛpt.æɪ̯t/
  • Scotland: /ˌkoˈapt.et/
  • India: /ˌkoːˈa(ː)pʈ.eːʈ/
  • rhymes with -æpteɪt

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verb

Meaning 1

To join or attach.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: transitive

Topics: medicine, sciences

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

History

Etymology

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.