"contiguate" meaning in English

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Adjective

Etymology: Middle English contiguat(e), borrowed from Medieval Latin contiguātus, participial adjective from contiguor (“to be contiguous”), from contiguus; see -ate (adjective-forming suffix). Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|contiguat|contiguat(e)}} Middle English contiguat(e), {{der|en|la-med|contiguātus}} Medieval Latin contiguātus, {{af|en|-ate|id1=adjective|pos1=adjective-forming suffix}} -ate (adjective-forming suffix) Head templates: {{en-adj|-}} contiguate (not comparable)
  1. (obsolete) Contiguous, touching. Tags: not-comparable, obsolete Related terms: contiguation
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