Webster's 1828 Dictionary
CATENATE
v.t.To chain, or rather to connect in a series of links or ties.
Webster's 1913 Dictionary
CATENATE
Cat "e *nate, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Catenated; p. pr. & vb. n.Catenating.] Etym: [L. catenatus, p. p. of catenare, fr. catena chain. See Chain. ]
Defn: To connect, in a series of links or ties; to chain. E. Darwin.
New American Oxford Dictionary
catenated
cat e nat ed |ˈkatəˌnātid, ˈkatnˌātid ˈkædəneɪdɪd | ▶adjective technical connected in a chain or series: catenated molecules. DERIVATIVES cat e na tion |ˌkatəˈnāSHən, ˌkatnˈāSHən |noun ORIGIN late 19th cent.: past participle of the rare verb catenate, from Latin catenat- ‘chained, fettered, ’ from the verb catenare, from catena ‘chain. ’
Oxford Dictionary
catenated
catenated |ˈkatɪneɪtɪd | ▶adjective technical connected in a chain or series: catenated molecules. DERIVATIVES catenation |-ˈneɪʃ (ə )n |noun ORIGIN late 19th cent.: past participle of the rare verb catenate, from Latin catenat- ‘chained, fettered ’, from the verb catenare, from catena ‘chain ’.
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