† conˈsimile, a. Obs.
[ad. L. consimil-is similar in all respects, alike, f. con- together + similis like, similar]
Like or similar throughout, homogeneous. Applied in old Physiology to the animal tissues, etc.
| c 1400 Lanfranc's Cirurg. 22 Þe boon is þe first of þe consimile membris—þat is oon of þe smale lymes. Ibid. 29 Brawnes þouȝ þat þei be maad of mater medlid, neþeles þei ben rekened among membris consimiles. 1548–77 Vicary Anat. ii. (1888) 21 This Artere is a member consimyle, simple and spermatike. Ibid. 19, 20 [ed. 1548 consemile; ed. 1577 erron. consimple]. |