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▪ I. conterminate, a.|kənˈtɜːmɪnət|
[ad. L. contermināt-us, pa. pple. of contermināre to conterminate. So F. conterminé (15–16th c.).]
= conterminous.
1578Banister Hist. Man v. 70 The first veyne..being thereto at the posteriour part therof conterminate. 1610B. Jonson Pr. Henry's Barriers, A strength of empire fix'd Conterminate with heaven. 1614Raleigh Hist. World i. viii. 10 æthiopia being the conterminate Region with Egypt. 1850Neale Med. Hymns 125 Faith to word, to teaching hearing, Mind to God, conterminate.
▪ II. † conˈterminate, v. Obs.
[f. L. contermināt- ppl. stem of contermināre to border upon each other, f. contermin-us: see conterminous.]
1. intr. To be conterminous in space, to have a common limit or boundary.
1637Bastwick Litany iii. 14 In the towne where he dwelt, and the parishes conterminating thereabouts. 1656Blount Glossogr., Conterminate, to lye near or border on a place. 1709Sacheverell Serm. 15 Aug. 14 The..Author, in whom they must all Center, and Conterminate.
2. To be conterminous in time.
1664H. More Myst. Iniq. ii. vi. §18. 377 The Fall of Babylon also conterminates with the sixth trumpet. 1681― Exp. Dan. App. iii. 307 The Laodicean Interval in a manner conterminating with the Conflagration of the World. 1684― Answer 61 A decursion..conterminating to the end of the world.
Hence conˈterminating ppl. a.
1805G. S. Faber Dissertation (1806) I. 211 The end of these two conterminating periods. |