English Explanatory Dictionary

coapt

English dictionary entry

Meanings

verb
  1. To fit together; often, to fit together and fasten, sometimes with mutual adaptation.

Word forms

coapt coapts coapting coapted

Etymology

First attested in 1570; Late Latin coaptō, from con- + aptō (“to fasten”).

Synonyms

coaptate

Derived words

coaptation coaptive
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