concamerate

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English

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Etymology

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From Latin concameratus, past participle of concamero (to arch over), from con- + camera (chamber, vault). See camber.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /kənˈkæməɹeɪt/

Verb

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concamerate (third-person singular simple present concamerates, present participle concamerating, simple past and past participle concamerated)

  1. To arch over; to vault.
    • 1681, Nehemiah Grew, Musæum Regalis Societatis. Or A Catalogue & Description of the Natural and Artificial Rarities Belonging to the Royal Society and Preserved at Gresham Colledge. [], London: [] W. Rawlins, for the author, →OCLC:
      Of the upper beak an inch and a half consisteth of one concamerated bone.
  2. To divide into chambers or cells.
    • 1752, John Hill, An History of Animals [] :
      Of those which have the top formed into a kind of rostrum and crooked , and are not concamerated within

References

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concamerate”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.