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catenate

[kat-n-eyt]
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verb (used with object), cat·e·nat·ed, cat·e·nat·ing.

to link together; form into a connected series: catenated cells.

RELATED WORDS

track, seek, accompany, attend, concatenate, spook, search, draggle, convoy, persecute, hunt, dog, freeze, tail, tag, stalk, escort, shadow, hound, chase

Nearby words

  1. category mistake,
  2. catena,
  3. catenaccio,
  4. catenane,
  5. catenary,
  6. catenation,
  7. catenoid,
  8. catenulate,
  9. cater,
  10. cater-cornered

Origin of catenate

1615–25; < Latin catēnātus chained, equivalent to catēn(a) a chain + -ātus -ate1
Related formsin·ter·cat·e·nat·ed, adjectiveun·cat·e·nat·ed, adjective
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British Dictionary definitions for catenate

catenate

verb

biology to arrange or be arranged in a series of chains or rings

adjective

another word for catenulate
Derived Formscatenation, noun

Word Origin for catenate

C17: from Latin catēnāre to bind with chains
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