n. [ L. comminatio, from comminari to threaten; com- + minari to threaten: cf. F. commination. ]
With terrible comminations to all them that did resist. Foxe. [ 1913 Webster ]
Those thunders of commination. I. Taylor. [ 1913 Webster ]
a. [ Cf. F. comminatoire. ] Threatening or denouncing punishment;
v. t. & i.
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.
Comminuted fracture.
n.
Natural and necessary comminution of our lives. Johnson. [ 1913 Webster ]