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From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Comminute \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}.
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