Com`mi*gra"tion (?), n. [L. commigratio.] Migration together. [R.] Woodward.
Com`mi*na"tion (?), 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.
With terrible comminations to all them that did resist.
Foxe.
Those thunders of commination.
I. Taylor.
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.
Com*min"a*to"ry (?), a. [Cf. F. comminatoire.] Threatening or denouncing punishment; as, comminatory terms. B. Jonson.
Com*min"gle (?), 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.
Com"mi*nute (?), 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.
Comminuted fracture. See under Fracture.
Com`mi*nu"tion (?), n. 1. The act of reducing to a fine powder or to small particles; pulverization; the state of being comminuted. Bentley.