*coad*

a. Adapted one to another; as, coadapted pulp and tooth. R. Owen. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. Mutual help; cooperation. [ R. ] Johnson. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. To adjust by mutual adaptations. R. Owen. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. Mutual adjustment. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Mutually assisting or operating; helping. J. Philips. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. An assistant. R. North. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Mutually assisting. [ Obs. ] Drayton. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Rendering mutual aid; coadjutant. Feltham. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L. See Co-, and Aid. ] 1. One who aids another; an assistant; a coworker. [ 1913 Webster ]

Craftily outwitting her perjured coadjutor. Sheridan. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (R. C. Ch.) The assistant of a bishop or of a priest holding a benefice. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The state or office of a coadjutor; joint assistance. Pope. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ } n. A female coadjutor or assistant. Holland. Smollett. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. Joint help; cooperation. Sir T. Browne. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Cooperating. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Med.) An adjuvant. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. coadunatus, p. p. of coadunare to unite. See Adunation. ] (Bot.) United at the base, as contiguous lobes of a leaf. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L. coadunatio. ] Union, as in one body or mass; unity. Jer. Taylor. [ 1913 Webster ]

The coadunation of all the civilized provinces. Coleridge. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Pref. co- + pref. ad- + unition. ] Coadunation. [ R. ] Sir M. Hale. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. An adventure in which two or more persons are partakers. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. i. To share in a venture. Howell. [ 1913 Webster ]