coapt - Wiktionary, the free dictionary

English

Verb

coapt (third-person singular simple present coapts, present participle coapting, simple past and past participle coapted)

  • To fit together; often, to fit together and fasten, sometimes with mutual adaptation.

Etymology

First attested in 1570; Late Latin coaptō, from con- +‎ aptō (“to fasten”).

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