constellate
verb/ˈkɑn.stɛll.e͜ɪt/US
Etymology
From Latin constēllātus (“starred”), past participle of constēllō. Equivalent to Latin constēllō + -ate (verb-forming suffix).
- borrowed from constēllātus
Definitions
To combine as a cluster.
To fit, adorn (as if) with constellations.
- What Artist now dares boast that he can bring Heaven hither, or constellate any thing, So as the influence of those starres may bee Imprisond in an Herbe, or Charme, or Tree, And doe by touch, all which those starres could do?
- The abbot was not merely accused of rape and murder; the crime of sorcery was laid to his charge, as well as to Matilda’s. […] To criminate the monk, the constellated mirror was produced, which Matilda had accidentally left in his chamber.
- There grew pied wind-flowers and violets, Daisies, those pearled Arcturi of the earth, The constellated flower that never sets;
To (form a) cluster.
- It’s no surprise that so much fiction constellates around the subject of Henry and his wives.
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To shine with united radiance, or one general light.
- […] the several things which are wont most to Engage and Heighten our affections, do, in a peculiar and transcendent manner, Shine forth and Constellate in God.
The neighborhood
- neighborconstellation
- neighborconstellatory
- neighborstellar
- neighborstellate
- neighborstelliform
- neighborstellify
- neighborstellion
Derived
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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA