Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- Same as
conterminous .
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective obsolete Having the same bounds; conterminous.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- adjective obsolete Having the same
bounds orextent ;conterminous .
Etymologies
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Examples
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Catholic, always spoke of their dioceses being conterminate.
Phineas Finn 2004
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I wouldn't conterminate myself by so much as 'avin' a word with 'im.
Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 101, September 26, 1891 Various
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Indeed the bishop whom he was privileged to attend, although a Roman Catholic, always spoke of their dioceses being conterminate.
Phineas Finn Trollope, Anthony, 1815-1882 1869
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Indeed the bishop whom he was privileged to attend, although a Roman Catholic, always spoke of their dioceses being conterminate.
Phineas Finn 1867
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Indeed the bishop whom he was privileged to attend, although a Roman Catholic, always spoke of their dioceses being conterminate.
Phineas Finn The Irish Member Anthony Trollope 1848
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