concamerate

English

Etymology

From Latin concameratus, past participle of concamero (“to arch over”), from con- + camera (“chamber, vault”). See camber.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kənˈkæməɹeɪt/

Verb

concamerate (third-person singular simple present concamerates, present participle concamerating, simple past and past participle concamerated)

1. To arch over; to vault.
   • 1681, Nehemiah Grew, Musæum Regalis Societatis. Or A Catalogue & Description of the Natural and Artificial Rarities Belonging to the Royal Society and Preserved at Gresham Colledge. […], London: […] W. Rawlins, for the author, →OCLC:

     Of the upper beak an inch and a half consisteth of one concamerated bone.

2. To divide into chambers or cells.
   • 1752, John Hill, An History of Animals […] :

     Of those which have the top formed into a kind of rostrum and crooked , and are not concamerated within

References

“concamerate”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.