compaginate

/kəmˈpæd͡ʒɪneɪt/

compaginate means to unite or hold together. Lexicurio rates it Sui generis — a strength score of 87 out of 100.

compaginate is pronounced /kəmˈpæd͡ʒɪneɪt/.

Why “compaginate” is a great word

COMPAGINATE — [Verb] To join or unite parts into a coherent, integrated whole. From Late Latin compaginatus, past participle of compaginare, from Latin compagin-, compages ("a joining together, structure"). First attested in English in 1648. Unlike "assemble" (which implies gathering separate components) or "aggregate" (which suggests a collection without inherent cohesion), to compaginate is to forge a binding unity. It is the careful stitching of a book's signatures, the fitting of mortise to tenon in a timber frame, and the subtle fusion of disparate facts into a lucid theory—the patient craft of making fragments not just adjacent, but integral.

Etymology

First attested in 1648; borrowed from Late Latin compaginātus, perfect passive participle of compaginō, see -ate (verb-forming suffix).

verb

To unite or hold together.“[O]ur fraternall charities ſeeme to be the ſide-pieces vvhich combine and compaginate the vvhole frame; ſo that theſe three concurrencies do compleat the meanes of our ſoules re-aſcent to her Creator: […]”