configurate
English
Etymology
First attested in 1566; borrowed from Latin cōnfigūrātus, perfect passive participle of cōnfigūrō (“to form or alter”), see -ate (verb-forming suffix) and -ate (adjective-forming suffix). Doublet of configure.
Verb
configurate (third-person singular simple present configurates, present participle configurating, simple past and past participle configurated) (obsolete)
- (transitive) To configure; to arrange or shape.
- (intransitive) To take form or position, like the parts of a complex structure; to agree with a pattern.
- a. 1685, Thomas Jordan, A Defence for Musick in its Practique and Theorick, Dedicated to all Lovers of Harmony, but more especially to the much honored Mr. JOHN ROGERS:
- Where Pyramids to Pyramids relate / And the whole fabrick doth configurate.
Adjective
configurate (comparative more configurate, superlative most configurate) (obsolete)
- (astrology) Associated in configuration
- (as a participle) Configurated.
References
“configurate”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
Anagrams
Italian
Etymology 1
Verb
configurate
- inflection of configurare:
- second-person plural present indicative
- second-person plural imperative
Etymology 2
Participle
configurate f pl
- feminine plural of configurato
Latin
Verb
cōnfigūrāte
- second-person plural present active imperative of cōnfigūrō
Spanish
Verb
configurate
- second-person singular voseo imperative of configurar combined with te