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to constellate

to constellate

9.8
Fill an area with small bright points like stars in the sky
  • verb
  • /ˈkɒnstəˌleɪt/
translation icon : salpicar
  • Neither the Milky Way, nor the other, more distant galaxies, nor the deep, black, infinite sky constellated with ancient stars that perhaps didn't exist anymore except as waves of light.

Examples

  • The artist constellated the canvas with vibrant dots of paint, creating a magical effect.

  • Combourg is constellated, then, both as dungeon and Eden.

    Academic text (1996)

  • This recent shift from "theory" to the complex of terms constellated by the "analytic object" returns us, albeit under a different aegis, to an earlier movement in the cultural reception of psychoanalysis.

    Academic text (2005)

  • The night sky was beautifully constellated with twinkling stars.

  • As the children played outside, the garden was constellated with colorful flowers.

Synonyms

to dot
vsto constellate
39 3.0

To appear as small marks across an area, like stars in the sky

spread points to create a starlike pattern across an area
to stud
vsto constellate
5.8

To add small raised pieces to something to hold or decorate it

places bright points across an area for a starlike visual effect rather than reinforcement

Antonyms

to converge
51 5.5

To come together from different places and meet at one point

How Dotted

to constellate
9.8
to speckle
15 3.9
to pepper
20 5.5
to spot
46 2.2
to dot
42 1.0

Surface Forms

constellate infinitive
constellated past
constellated past participle
constellating present participle
constellates third person singular

Morphology

constellate = constellation (transparent) = constellation + ate

The verb sense 'to dot or stud with bright points' is predictable from 'constellation' plus the verb-forming suffix '-ate'.

Etymology

Constellate comes from the Latin stella 'star' and con- 'together', the same root as constellation. Imagine the night sky dotted with bright stars — to constellate a place is to 'dot' or stud it with many small bright points like those stars.