adj.
Pronunciation: -j ə - ˌ g ā t
Function: verb
Inflected Form: -gat · ed ; -gat · ing
Date: 1530
transitive verb
1 : to give in prescribed order the various inflectional forms of ― used especially of a verb
2 : to join together
intransitive verb
1 : to become joined together
2 a : to pair and fuse in conjugation b : to pair in synapsis