▪ I. combinate, a. ? Obs. rare.
(ˈkɒmbɪnət)
[ad. late L. combīnāt-us, pa. pple. of combīnāre: see -ate2.]
Combined.
| 1583 Stubbes Anat. Abus. i. (1877) 44 Apparell and Pride are so combinate together, and incorporate the one in the other. a 1861 Mrs. Browning Lett. R. H. Horne (1877) II. 110 A work..wrought..in all its details, by combinate minds. |
b. In the following passage, generally taken as ‘Betrothed, promised, settled by contract’ (J.).
| 1603 Shakes. Meas. for M. iii. i. 231 There she lost a noble and renowned brother;..with him..her marriage dowry; with both, her combynate-husband, this well-seeming Angelo. |
▪ II. † combinate, v. Obs. rare.
(ˈkɒmbɪneɪt)
[f. late L. combīnāt- ppl. stem of combīnāre: see combine and -ate3.]
To combine. Hence ˈcombinated ppl. a., ˈcombinating vbl. n.
| 1578 Banister Hist. Man i. 1 How they [the Bones] are constrewed, and combinated..the good Physition..ought not to be ignoraunt. 1757 Herald No. 9 (1758) I. 146 Thirdly..whether so combinated an affront has been offered from a contempt of the nation, or of the man? |