Now rare. [f. L. concinnāt-, ppl. stem of concinnāre to join fitly together, etc., f. concinn-us: see CONCINNE a.] trans. To put together fitly; to set right, arrange duly or neatly; to trim, adjust, prepare fitly.
1601. Holland, Pliny, XIV. xx. I. 425. Cato sets downe a receit to trim and concinnate wine (for that is the very tearme which he vses) in this manner.
1608. J. King, Serm., Nov., 9. Subtiltie … accommodateth, concinnateth circumstances.
1657. G. Starkey, Helmont’s Vind., 52. Some do concinnate the Theory, others the practick of the Art.
1831. Whewell, in Todhunter, Acct. W.’s Writings (1876), II. 110. I am glad you are trying to concinnate your nomenclature.
Hence Concinnated ppl. a. = CONCINNATE ppl. a.
1657. Phys. Dict., Concinnated, made fit for the purpose, trimmed, apparelled.
1868. Arber, Selden’s Table-t., Introd. 9. In order that concinnated speech may not beguile us from truth, or aphorisms charm us into injustice and error.
