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comminuate, v. rare.|kəˈmɪnjuːeɪt| [irreg. (like F. comminuer) f. L. comminuĕre: see comminute and -ate3 6.] trans. = comminute.
1666J. Smith Old Age (ed. 2) 104 It will comminuate things of so hard a substance that no Mill can break. 1827H. Steuart Planter's G. (1828) 203 This treatment..tends to comminuate the subsoil turned up. |