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concamerate, v.|kɒnˈkæməreɪt| [ad. L. concamerāt-, ppl. stem of concamerāre to vault, f. con- + camerāre, f. camera: see camera and -ate3.] 1. trans. To vault or arch. ? Obs.
1611Coryat Crudities 101 The roofe..is very loftily concamerated. 1656in Blount Glossogr. 1734Builder's Dict., Concamerate, to make an arched Roof, as in Vaults, etc. To arch over. 1876in Gwilt Encycl. Archit. Gloss. †b. To set in a vault or sphere. Obs.
1635N. Carpenter Geog. Del. i. iv. 78 All these orbs thus ranged and concamerated in order. 2. To divide into chambers: see next, 2. |