Conterminate

/kɑnˈtɜːrmɪneɪt/ verb

Definition

To terminate or bound together with something else; to have common limits.

Etymology

From con- (together) + terminate (from Latin terminare, to set bounds). This is the verb form, though rarely used in modern English.

Kelly Says

This verb form barely survives in modern usage—you find it mostly in older mathematical and philosophical texts describing how geometric shapes or political boundaries 'conterminate' with each other, a beautiful word for the moment two limits become one.

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