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{ , n. [ Sp. & Pg., fr. Brazil. cupaúba. ] (Med.) A more or less viscid, yellowish liquid, the bitter oleoresin of several species of Copaifera, a genus of trees growing in South America and the West Indies. It is stimulant and diuretic, and was formerly much used in affections of the mucous membranes. It is also used in varnishes and lacquers, and in cleaning oil paintings. -- called also balsam of copaiba, copaiba balsam, balsam capivi, and Jesuits' resin. [ Written also capivi. ] [ 1913 Webster + WordNet 1.5 +PJC ]

[ Sp., fr. Mexican copalli, a generic name of resins. Clavigero. ] A resinous substance flowing spontaneously from trees of Zanzibar, Madagascar, and South America (Trachylobium Hornemannianum, Trachylobium verrucosum, and Hymenæa Courbaril), and dug from earth where forests have stood in Africa; -- used chiefly in making varnishes. Ure. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The yellowish, fragrant balsam yielded by the sweet gum; also, the tree itself. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

n.; pl. Coparcenaries [ Pref. co- + parcenary ] (Law) Partnership in inheritance; joint heirship; joint right of succession to an inheritance. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Pref. co- + parcener. ] (Law) One who has an equal portion with others of an inheritance. [ 1913 Webster ]

All the coparceners together make but one heir, and have but one estate among them. Blackstone. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Abbrev. of Coparcenary. ] (Law) An equal share of an inheritance. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ Cf. Compart ] To share. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

For, of all miserias, I hold that chief
Wretched to be, when none coparts our grief. Webster (1661). [ 1913 Webster ]

n. A compartment. [ Obs. ] T. Warton. [ 1913 Webster ]