To gather, group, or arrange (things or people) together in a pattern; to cause to cluster or combine into a unified whole.
From constellation (from Latin constellatio, from con- 'together' + stella 'star') + -ate (verb suffix). The root image is stars grouped together in the sky.
Constellate literally means 'to star together'—astronomers saw patterns in random stars and psychologically grouped them, showing how humans find meaning by clustering separate things into unified wholes.
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