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)

  1. (transitive) To configure; to arrange or shape.
  2. (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)

  1. (astrology) Associated in configuration
  2. (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

  1. inflection of configurare:
    1. second-person plural present indicative
    2. second-person plural imperative

Etymology 2

Participle

configurate f pl

  1. feminine plural of configurato

Latin

Verb

cōnfigūrāte

  1. second-person plural present active imperative of cōnfigūrō

Spanish

Verb

configurate

  1. second-person singular voseo imperative of configurar combined with te