consubstantiate

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English

Etymology

From con- +‎ substantiate.

Pronunciation

  • (adjective) IPA(key): /ˌkɒnsəbˈstænʃiət/, /ˌkɒnsəbˈstɑːnʃiət/
  • (verb) IPA(key): /ˌkɒnsəbˈstænʃieɪt/, /ˌkɒnsəbˈstɑːnʃieɪt/

Adjective

consubstantiate (not comparable)

  1. Partaking of the same substance; consubstantial.
    • c. 1620-1623, Owen Feltham, Resolves, Divine, Moral and Political
      We must love her that is thus consubstantiate with us.

Verb

consubstantiate (third-person singular simple present consubstantiates, present participle consubstantiating, simple past and past participle consubstantiated)

  1. (intransitive) To profess or believe the doctrine of consubstantiation.
  2. (transitive) To cause to unite, or to regard as united, in one common substance or nature.
    • 1651–1653, Jer[emy] Taylor, ΕΝΙΑΥΤΟΣ . A Course of Sermons for All the Sundays of the Year. , 2nd edition, London: Richard Royston , published 1655, →OCLC:
      , "A Sermon preached to the University of Dublin"
      His soul must be consubstantiated with reason.
  3. (intransitive) To become united in one common substance or nature.

Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for consubstantiate”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.)