coapt
verb
co·apt kō-ˈapt 
coapted; coapting; coapts
transitive verb
: to fit together and make fast
coaptation
(ˌ)kō-ˌap-ˈtā-shən
noun 
Word History
Etymology
Late Latin coaptare, from Latin co- + aptus fastened, fit — more at apt
First Known Use
1570, in the meaning defined above
Medical Definition
coapt
transitive verb
co·apt kō-ˈapt
: to close or fasten together : cause to adhere
the margins of the wound were then closely coapted with sutures 
Biological Abstracts
Biological Abstractscoapting
verb
as in clamping
Synonyms & Similar Words
Relevance
- clamping
- connecting
- clasping
- gluing
- cinching
- stapling
- linking
- clipping
- latching
- adhering
- clenching
- uniting
- tying
- tacking
- joining
- pinning
- clinching
- strapping
- harnessing
- hanging
- screwing
- lashing
- sticking
- glueing
- plastering
- pasting
- toggling
- attaching
- yoking
- resecuring
- hasping
- affixing
- tieing
- reattaching
- refastening
- fastening
- tackling
- bending
- reaffixing
- riveting
- bolting
- nailing
- lacing
- refixing
- shackling
- belaying
- fixing
- buttoning
- doing up
- battening
Antonyms & Near Antonyms
- detaching
- severing
- unfastening
- dividing
- splitting
- separating
- undoing
- disconnecting
- unhooking
- uncoupling
- dissociating
- sundering
- parting
- loosening
- disjoining
- breaking up
- divorcing
- disuniting
- disjointing
- loosing
- dissevering
- unlinking
- unyoking
- untying
- unfixing
- untieing
- unlashing
- unbinding