v. rare. [f. L. coaptāt- ppl. stem of coaptāre (see prec.): see CO-, and APTATE v.]
† 1. trans. To fit together, coapt. Obs.
1649. Bp. Reynolds, Hosea, v. 44. Carpenters … coaptate and fit the parts of their work unto one another.
2. intr. Hence Coaptating ppl. a. (nonce-use.)
1853. Kane, Grinnell Exp., xliv. (1854), 409. Similar coaptating fragments [of ice] are seen in every direction.
