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Random House Webster's College Dictionary

1. (v.t.) coapt
to join or adjust (separate parts) to one another:
to coapt the edges of a wound.

Etymology: (1560–70; < L coapt(āre) <aptāre to put into position)

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1. (verb) coapt, conglutinate
cause to adhere
"The wounds were coapted"

2. (verb) coapt
fit tightly and fasten

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