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)
- (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)
- (intransitive) To be conterminous in space, to have a common boundary or limit.
- (intransitive) To be conterminous in time.
Related terms
References
“conterminate”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.