Definition of Mutal
Mu"tu*al (?), a. [F. mutuel, L.
mutuus, orig., exchanged, borrowed, lent; akin to
mutare to change. See Mutable.] 1.
Reciprocally acting or related; reciprocally receiving and
giving; reciprocally given and received; reciprocal; interchanged;
as, a mutual love, advantage, assistance, aversion,
etc.
Conspiracy and mutual promise.
Sir T. More.
Happy in our mutual help,
And mutual love. Milton.
A certain shyness on such subjects, which was
mutual between the sisters. G. Eliot.
2. Possessed, experienced, or done by two or
more persons or things at the same time; common; joint; as,
mutual happiness; a mutual effort.
Burke.
A vast accession of misery and woe from the
mutual weeping, and wailing, and gnashing of
teeth. Bentley.
&fist; This use of mutual as synonymous with
common is inconsistent with the idea of interchange, or
reciprocal relation, which properly belongs to it; but the word has
been so used by many writers of high authority. The present tendency
is toward a careful discrimination.
Mutual, as Johnson will tell us, means
something reciprocal, a giving and taking. How could people have
mutual ancestors? P. Harrison.
Mutual insurance, agreement among a number
of persons to insure each other against loss, as by fire, death, or
accident. -- Mutual insurance company, one
which does a business of insurance on the mutual principle, the
policy holders sharing losses and profits pro rata.
Syn. -- Reciprocal; interchanged; common.
- Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
- Having the same relationship, each to each other
- They were mutual enemies
- Reciprocal
- They had mutual fear of each other
- Possessed in common
- They had a mutual love of the same woman
- Relating to a form of mutual insurance or financial institution
- A mutual fund etc
- The Nuttall Encyclopedia
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