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commutual, a.|kəˈmjuːtjʊəl|
Also 7 comutuall.
[f. co-, com- + mutual.]
Mutual, reciprocal. (Chiefly poetic.)
1602Shakes. Ham. iii. ii. 170 Since loue our hearts, and Hymen did our hands Vnite comutuall. 1627Herrick Hesper., Dial. Horace & Lydia iv, My heart now set on fire is By..young Calais; For whose commutuall flames, etc. 1725Pope Odyss. iv. 241 Ibid. xix. 223 In leagues of long commutual friendship. 1831Fraser's Mag. IV. 375 The while a Sovereign and his Land Their troth commutual plight.
b. Anat. Applied to the contiguous parts of two similar organs or structures.
1836Todd Cycl. Anat. I. 57/2 The external or commutual surfaces of..the serous membranes. Ibid. I. 730/1 The commutual edges of the orbitar processes.
Hence coˌmmutuˈality, commutual condition.
1812W. Tennant Anster F. vi. lix, In fond commutuality of soul. |