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>coadunate (ko-AJ-uh-nit, -nayt) adjective
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> United by growth; closely joined.
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>[From Late Latin coadunatus, past participle of coadunare, to combine,
>a compound word from Latin co- (together) + ad- (toward) + unus (one).]
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>Coadunate ultimately derives from Indo-European *oi-no, meaning one, unique.
>Less obvious words derived from this root include anon, atone, lonely,
>eleven, ounce and inch. The lowly onion may also be in this family, conceived as a unity formed of many layers.
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