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constellate

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con⋅stel⋅late

  [kon-stuh-leyt]
Use constellate in a Sentence
–verb (used without object), verb (used with object), -lat⋅ed, -lat⋅ing.
to cluster together, as stars in a constellation.
Origin:
1615–25; < LL constellātus star-studded, equiv. to L con- con- + stell(a) star + -ātus -ate 1
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con·stel·late   (kŏn'stə-lāt')   
intr. & tr.v.   con·stel·lat·ed, con·stel·lat·ing, con·stel·lates
To form or cause to form a group or cluster.

[Back-formation from constellation.]
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