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Webster 1913 Edition


Commorient

Com-mo′ri-ent

,
Adj.
[L.
commoriens
, p. pr. of
commoriri
.]
Dying together or at the same time.
[R.]
Sir G. Buck.

Webster 1828 Edition


Commorient

COMMORIENT

,
Adj.
Dying at the same time.

Definition 2024


commorient

commorient

English

Adjective

commorient (not comparable)

  1. Dying together or at the same time.
    (Can we find and add a quotation of Sir G. Buck to this entry?)

Noun

commorient (plural commorients)

  1. Someone dying at the same time as someone else.
    • 1911, Max Beerbohm, Zuleika Dobson:
      All the men felt at a glance that he, coming to meet death thus, did no more than the right homage to Zuleika—aye, and that he made them all partakers in his own glory, casting his great mantle over all commorients.