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COAPT
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I. (verb)
Verb forms
Present simple: I / you / we / they coapt ... he / she / it coapts
Past simple: coapted
Past participle: coapted
-ing form: coapting
Sense 1
Meaning:
Fit tightly and fasten
Classified under:
Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging
Hypernyms (to "coapt" is one way to...):
fasten; fix; secure (cause to be firmly attached)
Sentence frames:
Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s something PP
Sense 2
Meaning:
Cause to adhere
Example:
The wounds were coapted
Synonyms:
coapt; conglutinate
Classified under:
Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging
Hypernyms (to "coapt" is one way to...):
close; fill up (fill or stop up)
Sentence frames:
Somebody ----s something
Something ----s something
