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catenate, v.|ˈkætɪneɪt|
[f. L. catēnāt- ppl. stem of catēnāre (f. catēna chain); see -ate3.]
1. trans. To connect like the links of a chain, to link, to string together; to form into a catena or series. Hence ˈcatenated ppl. a.
1623Cockeram, Catennate, to chaine. 1656Blount Glossogr., Catenate, to link, chain or tie. 1794–6E. Darwin Zoon. (1801) I. 112 If this activity be catenated with the diurnal circle of actions. a1876J. H. Newman Hist. Sk. II. v. v. 477 He fused those catenated passages into one homogeneous comment. 1876H. Maudsley Phys. Mind v. 308 A transference of energy from one to another of the catenated cells.
2. fig. (humorously.) To bind as with a chain.
178.Mock Ode in Boswell Johnson (1816) IV. 428 This gigantic frame..catenated by thy charms, A captive in thy ambient arms. |