Emily Dickinson Lexicon
Definition for CAT'E-NATE
CAT-E-NA'RI-AN, or CAT'E-NA-RYCAT'E-NA-TED
CAT'E-NATE, v.t. [L. catena, a chain; G. kette; Sans. ketta, whence kettenu, to bind.]
To chain, or rather to connect in a series of links or ties. – Darwin.
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