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conterminate

adj, verb — 3 senses

conterminate

adj

/kɒnˈtɜː(ɹ)mɪnət/

Etymology Borrowed from Late Latin conterminātus, perfect passive participle of conterminō (“to border upon”) (see -ate (adjective-forming suffix) and -ate (verb-forming suffix)), from conterminus (“conterminous”), from con- + terminus (“border”).

1

Obsolete Having the same bounds or extent; coterminous.

  • Here are kingdoms mixed And nations joined, a strength of empire fixed Conterminate with heaven1610, Ben Jonson, The Speeches at Prince Henry's Barriers:

conterminate

verb

Etymology Borrowed from Late Latin conterminātus, perfect passive participle of conterminō (“to border upon”) (see -ate (adjective-forming suffix) and -ate (verb-forming suffix)), from conterminus (“conterminous”), from con- + terminus (“border”).

1

Obsolete To be conterminous in space, to have a common boundary or limit.

2

Obsolete To be conterminous in time.

Related terms
conterminable, conterminal, conterminant, contermination, contermine, conterminous

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