单词 | concinnate |
释义 | ▪ I. concinnate, ppl. a. rare.|kənˈsɪnət| [ad. L. concinnāt-us, pa. pple. of concinnāre: see next.] †1. As pa. pple. Made fit: fitted (unto). Obs.
a1600Hooker Serm. iii. §4. Wks. 1888 III. 636 If God do suffer with unweariable toleration vessels concinnate unto death. 1613R. C. Table Alph. (ed. 3), Concinnate, made fit, finely apparrelled. 2. adj. Of language: Skilfully put together, appropriately arranged; of studied elegance or beauty.
1548Hall Chron. Hen. VII, an. 5 (R.) He was a manne of ripe iudgement in electinge and chosynge concinnate termes, and apte and eloquente woordes. 1849Fraser's Mag. XL. 317 Because of the ode's concinnate excellence, it is especially difficult to translate it. ▪ II. concinnate, v. Now rare.|kənˈsɪneɪt| [f. L. concinnāt-, ppl. stem of concinnāre to join fitly together, etc., f. concinn-us: see concinne a.] trans. To put together fitly; to set right, arrange duly or neatly; to trim, adjust, prepare fitly.
1601Holland Pliny xiv. xx. I. 425 Cato sets downe a receit to trim and concinnate wine (for that is the very tearme which he vses) in this manner. 1608J. King Serm. Nov. 9 Subtiltie..accommodateth, concinnateth circumstances. 1657G. Starkey Helmont's Vind. 52 Some do concinnate the Theory, others the practick of the Art. 1831Whewell in Todhunter Acct. W.'s Writings (1876) II. 110, I am glad you are trying to concinnate your nomenclature. Hence concinnated ppl. a. = concinnate ppl. a.
1657Phys. Dict., Concinnated, made fit for the purpose, trimmed, apparelled. 1868Arber Selden's Table-t. Introd. 9 In order that concinnated speech may not beguile us from truth, or aphorisms charm us into injustice and error. |

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