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concatenate

con·ca·te·nate

US/kənˈkæ.tə.neɪt/ uncommon

verb

2.

add by linking or joining so as to form a chain or series

  • “concatenate terms”
  • “concatenate characters”

Origin

From the perfect passive participle stem of Latin concatēnāre (“to link or chain together”), from con- (“with”) + catēnō (“chain, bind”), from catēna (“a chain”).

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