coadjust

English

Etymology

From co- +‎ adjust.

Verb

coadjust (third-person singular simple present coadjusts, present participle coadjusting, simple past and past participle coadjusted)

1. To adjust by mutual adaptations.
   • 1866, Richard Owen, Anatomy of Vertebrates:

     The tarsal and metatarsal bones are coadjusted so as to form arches both lengthwise and across, and receive the superincumbent weight from the tibia on the summit of a bony vault

References

“coadjust”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.