conterminate

English

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).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /kɒnˈtɜː(ɹ)mɪnət/

Adjective

conterminate (not comparable)

  1. (obsolete) Having the same bounds or extent; coterminous.
    • 1610, Ben Jonson, The Speeches at Prince Henry's Barriers:
      Here are kingdoms mixed
      And nations joined, a strength of empire fixed
      Conterminate with heaven

Verb

conterminate (third-person singular simple present conterminates, present participle conterminating, simple past and past participle conterminated) (obsolete)

  1. (intransitive) To be conterminous in space, to have a common boundary or limit.
  2. (intransitive) To be conterminous in time.

References

conterminate”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.