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Webster 1913 Edition

Comminute

Com′mi-nute

,
Verb.
T.
[
imp. & p. p.
Comminuted
;
p. pr. & vb. n.
Comminuting
.]
[L.
comminutus
, p. p. of
comminuere
to comminute;
com-
+
minuere
to lessen. See
Minute
.]
To reduce to minute particles, or to a fine powder; to pulverize; to triturate; to grind;
as, to
comminute
chalk or bones; to
comminute
food with the teeth
.
Pennant.
Comminuted fracture
.
See under
Fracture
.

Webster 1828 Edition

Comminute

COMMINUTE

,
Verb.
T.
To make small or fine; to reduce to minute particles, or to a fine powder, by breaking, pounding, rasping, or grinding; to pulverize; to triturate; to levigate. It is chiefly or wholly applied to substances, not liquid.

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