Meaning

(transitive) To combine as a cluster..

Definitions by Sense

1. (transitive) To combine as a cluster.
2. (transitive) To fit, adorn (as if) with constellations.
3. (intransitive) To (form a) cluster.
4. (intransitive) To shine with united radiance, or one general light.

Example Sentences

[…] he who is solicitous for his own improvement, must not suffer his endeavours to be limited by local reputation, but select from every tribe of mortals their characteristical virtues, and constellate in himself the scattered graces which shine single in other men.

What Artist now dares boast that he can bring Heaven hither, or constellate any thing, So as the influence of those starres may bee Imprisond in an Herbe, or Charme, or Tree, And doe by touch, all which those starres could do?

The abbot was not merely accused of rape and murder; the crime of sorcery was laid to his charge, as well as to Matilda’s. […] To criminate the monk, the constellated mirror was produced, which Matilda had accidentally left in his chamber.

There grew pied wind-flowers and violets, Daisies, those pearled Arcturi of the earth, The constellated flower that never sets;

[…] even the constellated glories of Paradise Lost are less moving than the plain words wherein Samson [Agonistes] forecasts his approaching end […]

It’s no surprise that so much fiction constellates around the subject of Henry and his wives.

[…] the several things which are wont most to Engage and Heighten our affections, do, in a peculiar and transcendent manner, Shine forth and Constellate in God.

Word Forms

• constellates
• constellating
• constellated

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When Should You Use Constellate?

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