conterminate

== English == === Etymology === Borrowed from Late Latin conterminātus, perfect passive participle of conterminō (“to border upon”) (see -ate (adjective-forming suffix) and -ate (verb-forming suffix)), from conterminus (“conterminous”), from con- + terminus (“border”). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /kɒnˈtɜː(ɹ)mɪnət/ === Adjective === conterminate (not comparable) (obsolete) Having the same bounds or extent; coterminous. === Verb === conterminate (third-person singular simple present conterminates, present participle conterminating, simple past and past participle conterminated) (obsolete) (intransitive) To be conterminous in space, to have a common boundary or limit. (intransitive) To be conterminous in time. ==== Related terms ==== === References === “conterminate”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.