"catenate" meaning in English

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Verb

IPA: /ˈkæt.ən.eɪt/ [UK], /kæt.ə.neɪt/ [UK] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-catenate.wav Forms: catenates [present, singular, third-person], catenating [participle, present], catenated [participle, past], catenated [past]
Etymology: Borrowed from Latin catēnātus (“chained”), from catēnāre, from catēna (“chain”). Etymology templates: {{bor|en|la|catēnātus||chained}} Latin catēnātus (“chained”) Head templates: {{en-verb}} catenate (third-person singular simple present catenates, present participle catenating, simple past and past participle catenated)
  1. To connect things together, especially to form a chain. Related terms: cat, catenary, catenative, catenator, concatenate, concatenative, decatenate, intercatenated, noncatenated Translations (connect): zřetězit [perfective] (Czech), aaneenrijgen (Dutch), rijgen (Dutch), caténer (French), łączyć w łańcuch [imperfective] (Polish), połączyć w łańcuch [perfective] (Polish), zincirlemek (Turkish), bağlamak (Turkish)

Inflected forms

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