consubstantiate

American  

[kon-suhb-stan-shee-eyt] / ˌkɒn səbˈstæn ʃiˌeɪt /

verb (used without object)

consubstantiated, consubstantiating

1. to profess the doctrine of consubstantiation.

2. to become united in one common substance or nature.

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verb (used with object)

consubstantiated, consubstantiating

1. to unite in one common substance or nature.

2. to regard as so united.

consubstantiate British  

/ ˌkɒnsəbˈstænʃɪˌeɪt /

verb

1. (intr) Christian theol (of the Eucharistic bread and wine and Christ's body and blood) to undergo consubstantiation

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Etymology

Origin of consubstantiate

First recorded in 1590–1600; from New Latin consubstantiātus, past participle of consubstantiāre, equivalent to con- prefix + substanti(a) “existence, corporeal existence” + -ātus past participle suffix; con-, substantiate

Example Sentences

The rhetoric of sentences however melodious, of aphorisms however pointed, of abstractions however true, cannot stand in the storm of affairs against this true rhetoric, in which thought is consubstantiated with things.

From Project Gutenberg

Milton's classical allusions, says Hartley Coleridge, are amalgamated and consubstantiated with his native thought.

From Project Gutenberg