Com*bust" (?), a. [L. combustus, p. p. of comburere to burn up; com- + burere (only in comp.), of uncertian origin; cf. bustum fineral pyre, prurire to itch, pruna a live coal, Gr. firebrand, Skr. plush to burn.]
1.
Burnt; consumed.
[Obs.]
Chaucer.
2. Astron.
So near the sun as to be obscured or eclipsed by his light, as the moon or planets when not more than eight degrees and a half from the sun.
[Obs.]
Planets that are oft combust.
Milton.
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