constellateadj.
/ˈkɒnstələt//kənˈstɛlət/ Chiefly poetic.
1. = constellated adj. 2.
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the world > space > relative position > arrangement or fact of being arranged > state of being gathered together > [adjective] > gathering closely together > gathered closely together
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undistributed1869
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nucleated1897
a1657 G. Daniel Trinarchodia: Henry IV cclxxiii, in Poems (1878) IV. 69 Greate Perseus sate Below Boötes, being Constellate.
1839 P. J. Bailey Festus 254 Thick with great sun-like and constellate thoughts.
1878 R. Browning La Saisiaz in La Saisiaz: Two Poets of Croisic 7 Those patent powers Constellate proudly.
2. Studded with stars, starred.
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the world > the universe > star > [adjective] > full of
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starry?c1400
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star-spangled1600
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stellified1611
stelled1628
star-studded?a1656
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stellated1755
constellated1767
constellate1855
instarred1888
1855 P. J. Bailey Mystic 38 The radiant lizard loves And lives in light, himself all constellate.
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constellatev.
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a. To construct (a charm, etc.) under a particular ‘constellation’; to affect with stellar ‘influence’ (cf. constellated adj. 1).
b. To cast the nativity or horoscope of (a person).
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the world > the universe > astrology > judicial astrology > horoscope > [verb] > nativity
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to cast a figure, horoscope, nativity1624
horoscope1888
1611 J. Donne Anat. World sig. B4v What Artist now dares boast that he can bring Heauen 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?
1621 J. Fletcher et al. Trag. of Thierry & Theodoret iii. i. sig. F2v Brun. You know Lefortes cell. Lec. Who constellated your faire birth.
c. passive. To be predestined (to a fate, condition, disposition, etc.) by the ‘stars’ one is born under.
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the world > the universe > heavenly body > as influence on mankind > influence [verb (transitive)]
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irradiate1603
constellate1646
1646 Sir T. Browne Pseudodoxia Epidemica i. v. 19 Great constitutions, and such as are constellated unto knowledge. View more context for this quotation
1672 W. de Britaine Interest Eng. in War with Holland 25 Neither am I by my Stars constellated to be rich.
1823 C. Lamb Imperfect Sympathies in Elia 134 There may be individuals born and constellated so opposite to another individual nature, that the same sphere cannot hold them.
1829 Health & Longevity 215 Unless we are constellated into death or life.
2.
a. To cluster together (stars) into a constellation; to make a constellation of, form as a constellation. Often transferred or figurative.
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the world > space > relative position > arrangement or fact of being arranged > state of being gathered together > gather together [verb (transitive)] > cluster
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knot1611
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galaxy1654
clump1824
satellize1887
1643 J. Howell Parables 6 The whole Host of Heaven being constellated thus into one great Body.
1661 R. Boyle Some Considerations Style Script. 111 To them that know how to Constellate those Lights.
1752 S. Johnson Rambler No. 201. ⁋4 He..must..constellate in himself the scattered graces which shine single in other men.
1841 R. W. Emerson Art in Ess. 1st Ser. (London ed.) 361 These works were not always thus constellated;..they are the contributions of many ages and many countries.
1851 J. Ruskin Stones of Venice I. viii. 100 That all shafts..shall..constellate themselves into clusters.
b. Psychology. To form (ideas, etc.) into a group or constellation.
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the mind > mental capacity > psychology > psychology of ideas > association of ideas > [verb (transitive)] > group
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1922 Brit. Jrnl. Psychol. Oct. 114 Presentation-complexes..become successively conscious and..are constellated by preceding associated complexes.
1951 G. W. Allport in T. Parsons & E. A. Shils Toward Gen. Theory Action iv. i. 367 Grouping, constellating, rubricizing leap far ahead of experience.
3. To stud or thickly adorn.
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the mind > attention and judgement > beautification > types of ornamentation > ornament [verb (transitive)] > stud with ornaments
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a1691 R. Boyle Wks. (1772) V. 561 (R.) You will not much wonder, that I place this virtue among those that constellate, if I may so speak, an heroic mind.
1702 C. Mather Magnalia Christi i. vi. 25/1 Behold..a Colony, indeed, constellated with many Stars of the First Magnitude.
4. intransitive. To cluster or congregate together, as stars do in a constellation.
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the world > space > relative position > arrangement or fact of being arranged > state of being gathered together > gather together [verb (intransitive)] > cluster
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1647 J. Cleveland Char. London-diurnall 41 He breaths a grand Committee; all that were The wonders of their Age, constellate here.
a1683 J. Oldham Remains in Verse & Prose 55 in Wks. & Remains (1684) Those Parts..Like Stars did all constellate here, And met together in one Sphere.
1850 E. B. Browning Man & Nature 11 Flowers, that constellate on earth.
1871 J. R. Macduff Memories of Patmos xix. 268 All other works and designs of Providence constellate around the Cross of Calvary.
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