n. [ L. comminatio, from comminari to threaten; com- + minari to threaten: cf. F. commination. ] 1. A threat or threatening; a denunciation of punishment or vengeance. [ 1913 Webster ]

With terrible comminations to all them that did resist. Foxe. [ 1913 Webster ]

Those thunders of commination. I. Taylor. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. An office in the liturgy of the Church of England, used on Ash Wednesday, containing a recital of God's anger and judgments against sinners. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Cf. F. comminatoire. ] Threatening or denouncing punishment; as, comminatory terms. B. Jonson. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. & i. [ imp. & p. p. Commingled p. pr. & vb. n. Commingling ] To mingle together; to mix in one mass, or intimately; to blend. Bacon. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. One that commingles; specif., a device for noiseless heating of water by steam, in a vessel filled with a porous mass, as of pebbles. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

v. 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. [ 1913 Webster ]

Comminuted fracture. See under Fracture. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. The act of reducing to a fine powder or to small particles; pulverization; the state of being comminuted. Bentley. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Surg.) Fracture (of a bone) into a number of pieces. Dunglison. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. Gradual diminution by the removal of small particles at a time; a lessening; a wearing away. [ 1913 Webster ]

Natural and necessary comminution of our lives. Johnson. [ 1913 Webster ]