commaterial

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English[edit]

Etymology[edit]

com- +‎ material

Adjective[edit]

commaterial (not comparable)

  1. (obsolete) Consisting of the same material.
    • 1631, Francis [Bacon], “VIII. Century.”, in Sylua Syluarum: Or A Naturall Historie. In Ten Centuries. [], 3rd edition, London: [] William Rawley; [p]rinted by J[ohn] H[aviland] for William Lee [], →OCLC:
      The instances that give any likelihood of restoring teeth in age , are the late coming of teeth in some ; and the renewing of the beaks in birds , which are commaterial with teeth

Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for commaterial”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.)

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