coadjust

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English

Etymology

co- +‎ adjust

Verb

coadjust (third-person singular simple present coadjusts, present participle coadjusting, simple past and past participle coadjusted)

  1. To adjust by mutual adaptations.
    • 1866, Richard Owen, Anatomy of Vertebrates:
      The tarsal and metatarsal bones are coadjusted so as to form arches both lengthwise and across, and receive the superincumbent weight from the tibia on the summit of a bony vault

References

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