constellate

[ kon-stuh-leyt ]

verb (used with or without object)

, con·stel·lat·ed, con·stel·lat·ing.

1. to cluster together, as stars in a constellation.

constellate

/ ˈkɒnstɪˌleɪt /

verb

1. to form into clusters in or as if in constellations

Other Words From

• un·constel·lated adjective

Word History and Origins

Origin of constellate¹

1615–25; < Late Latin constellātus star-studded, equivalent to Latin con- con- + stell ( a ) star + -ātus -ate ¹

Example Sentences

Mixing, collaging, generating new things by constellating old things — it’s all part of the creative churn.

From Los Angeles Times

One of my sisters walked through the front door, sand from the beach constellated across her tanned back sprinkling across the floor with each step, as our two Great Pyrenees rose to meet her.

From Salon

These characters, mostly renamed with English soundalikes, constellate pretty much as the original 10 did.

From New York Times

By this I mean that I’m interested in looking at her as somebody doing this complex constellating of the slave past with our racial-capitalist present.

From Seattle Times

From those fragments we might yet constellate a view of the consequences of war, and of coming hazards we will not have the luxury to scroll beyond.

From New York Times