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Catenate

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cat⋅e⋅nate

  [kat-n-eyt]
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–verb (used with object), -nat⋅ed, -nat⋅ing.
to link together; form into a connected series: catenated cells.
Origin:
1615–25; < L catēnātus chained, equiv. to catēn(a) a chain + -ātus -ate 1
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cat·e·nate   (kāt'n-āt')   
tr.v.   cat·e·nat·ed, cat·e·nat·ing, cat·e·nates
To connect in a series of ties or links; form into a chain.

[Latin catēnāre, catēnāt-, from catēna, chain.]
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