intransitive verb
transitive verb
-·lat·ed, -·lat·ing to unite in or as in a constellation; cluster
Origin of constellate
from Late Latin constellatus: see constellationconstellate
con·stel·lateWebster's New World College Dictionary, Fifth Edition Copyright © 2014 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.
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constellate
intr. & tr.v.
con·stel·lat·ed, con·stel·lat·ing, con·stel·latesTo form or cause to form a group or cluster.
Origin of constellate
Back-formation from constellationTHE AMERICAN HERITAGE® DICTIONARY OF THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE, FIFTH EDITION by the Editors of the American Heritage Dictionaries. Copyright © 2016, 2011 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.
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Verb
(third-person singular simple present constellates, present participle constellating, simple past and past participle constellated)
- constellation
- constellatory
- stellar
- stellate
- stelliform
- stellify
Origin
From (the stem of) Latin constellatus (“starred”) + -ate.
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