Commend Comˇmend" noun 1. Commendation; praise. [ Obsolete]
Speak in his just commend .
Shak.
2. plural Compliments; greetings. [ Obsolete]
Hearty commends and much endeared love to you.
Howell.
Commendable Comˇmend"aˇble adjective (Formerly accented on the first syllable.) [ Latin
commendabilis .]
Worthy of being commended or praised; laudable; praiseworthy. Order and decent ceremonies in the church are not only comely but commendable .
Bacon.
--
Com*mend"a*ble*ness ,
noun --
Com*mend"a*bly ,
adverb
Commendam Comˇmen"dam noun [ Late Latin dare in
commendam to give into trust.]
(Eng. Eccl. Law) A vacant living or benefice commended to a cleric (usually a bishop) who enjoyed the revenue until a pastor was provided. A living so held was said to be held in commendam . The practice was abolished by law in 1836. There was [ formerly] some sense for commendams .
Selden.
Partnership in commendam .
See under Partnership .
Commendatary Comˇmend"aˇtaˇry noun [ Confer French
commendataire , Late Latin
commendatarius .]
One who holds a living in commendam .
Commendation Com`menˇda"tion noun [ Latin
commendatio .]
1. The act of commending; praise; favorable representation in words; recommendation. Need we . . . epistles of commendation ?
2 Cor. iii. 1.
By the commendation of the great officers.
Bacon.
2. That which is the ground of approbation or praise. Good nature is the most godlike commendation of a man.
Dryden.
3. plural A message of affection or respect; compliments; greeting. [ Obsolete]
Hark you, Margaret;
No princely commendations to my king?
Shak.
Commendator Comˇmend"aˇtor noun [ Late Latin ]
One who holds a benefice in commendam; a commendatary. Chalmers.
Commendatory Comˇmend"aˇtoˇry adjective [ Latin
commendatorius .]
1. Serving to commend; containing praise or commendation; commending; praising. "
Commendatory verses."
Pope. 2. Holding a benefice in commendam ; as, a commendatory bishop. Burke. Commendatory prayer (Book of Common Prayer) ,
a prayer read over the dying. "The
commendatory prayer was said for him, and, as it ended, he [ William III.] died."
Bp. Burnet.
Commendatory Comˇmend"aˇtoˇry noun A commendation; eulogy. [ R.] "
Commendatories to our affection."
Sharp.
Commender Comˇmend"er noun One who commends or praises.
Commensal Comˇmen"sal noun [ Late Latin
commensalis ; Latin
com- +
mensa table: confer French
commensal . Confer Mensal.]
1. One who eats at the same table. [ Obsolete]
2. (Zoology) An animal, not truly parasitic, which lives in, with, or on, another, partaking usually of the same food. Both species may be benefited by the association.
Commensal Comˇmen"sal adjective Having the character of a commensal.
Commensalism Comˇmen"salˇism noun The act of eating together; table fellowship.
Commensality Com`menˇsal"iˇty noun Fellowship at table; the act or practice of eating at the same table. [ Obsolete] "Promiscuous
commensality ."
Sir T. Browne.
Commensation Com`menˇsa"tion noun Commensality. [ Obsolete]
Daniel . . . declined pagan commensation .
Sir T. Browne.
Commensurability Comˇmen`suˇraˇbil"iˇty noun [ Confer French
commensurabilité .]
The quality of being commensurable. Sir T. Browne.
Commensurable Comˇmen"suˇraˇble adjective [ Latin
commensurabilis ; prefix
com- +
mensurable . See
Commensurate , and confer
Commeasurable .]
Having a common measure; capable of being exactly measured by the same number, quantity, or measure. --
Com*men"su*ra*ble*ness ,
noun Commensurable numbers or
quantities (Math.) ,
those that can be exactly expressed by some common unit; thus a foot and yard are commensurable , since both can be expressed in terms of an inch, one being 12 inches, the other 36 inches. --
Numbers , or
Quantities ,
commensurable in power ,
those whose squares are commensurable.
Commensurably Comˇmen"suˇraˇbly adverb In a commensurable manner; so as to be commensurable.
Commensurate Comˇmen"suˇrate transitive verb [
imperfect & past participle Commensurated ;
present participle & verbal noun Commensurating .] [ Prefix
com- +
mensurate .]
1. To reduce to a common measure. Sir T. Browne. 2. To proportionate; to adjust. T. Puller
Commensurate Comˇmen"suˇrate adjective 1. Having a common measure; commensurable; reducible to a common measure; as, commensurate quantities. 2. Equal in measure or extent; proportionate. Those who are persuaded that they shall continue forever, can not choose but aspire after a happiness commensurate to their duration.
Tillotson.
Commensurately Comˇmen"suˇrateˇly adverb 1. In a commensurate manner; so as to be equal or proportionate; adequately. 2. With equal measure or extent. Goodwin.
Commensurateness Comˇmen"suˇrateˇness noun The state or quality of being commensurate. Foster.
Commensuration Comˇmen`suˇra"tion noun [ Confer French
commensuration .]
The act of commensurating; the state of being commensurate. All fitness lies in a particular commensuration , or proportion of one thing to another.
South.
Comment Com"ment intransitive verb [
imperfect & past participle Commented ;
present participle & verbal noun Commenting .] [ French
commenter , Latin
commentari to meditate upon, explain, v. intens. of
comminisci ,
commentus , to reflect upon, invent;
com- + the root of
meminisse to remember,
mens mind. See
Mind .]
To make remarks, observations, or criticism; especially, to write notes on the works of an author, with a view to illustrate his meaning, or to explain particular passages; to write annotations; -- often followed by on or upon . A physician to comment on your malady.
Shak.
Critics . . . proceed to comment on him.
Dryden.
I must translate and comment .
Pope.
Comment Com"ment transitive verb To comment on. [ Archaic.]
Fuller.
Comment Com"ment noun [ Confer Old French
comment .]
1. A remark, observation, or criticism; gossip; discourse; talk. Their lavish comment when her name was named.
Tennyson.
2. A note or observation intended to explain, illustrate, or criticise the meaning of a writing, book, etc.; explanation; annotation; exposition. All the volumes of philosophy,
With all their comments .
Prior.
Commentary Com"menˇtaˇry noun ;
plural Commentaries . [ Latin
commentarius ,
commentarium , note book, commentary: confer French
commentaire . See
Comment ,
intransitive verb ]
1. A series of comments or annotations; esp., a book of explanations or expositions on the whole or a part of the Scriptures or of some other work. This letter . . . was published by him with a severe commentary .
Hallam.
2. A brief account of transactions or events written hastily, as if for a memorandum; -- usually in the plural; as, Caesar's Commentaries on the Gallic War.
Commentate Com"menˇtate transitive verb & i. [ Latin
commentatus , past participle of
commentari to meditate.]
To write comments or notes upon; to make comments. [ R.]
Commentate upon it, and return it enriched.
Lamb.
Commentation Com`menˇta"tion noun 1. The act or process of commenting or criticising; exposition. [ R.]
The spirit of commentation .
Whewell.
2. The result of the labors of a commentator.
Commentator Com"menˇta`tor noun [ Latin
commentator : confer French
commentateur .]
One who writes a commentary or comments; an expositor; an annotator. The commentator's professed object is to explain, to enforce, to illustrate doctrines claimed as true.
Whewell.
Commentatorial Com`menˇtaˇto"riˇal adjective Pertaining to the making of commentaries. Whewell.
Commentatorship Com"menˇta`torˇship noun The office or occupation of a commentator.
Commenter Com"ment`er noun One who makes or writes comments; a commentator; an annotator.
Commentitious Com`menˇti"tious adjective [ Latin
commentitius .]
Fictitious or imaginary; unreal; as, a commentitious system of religion. [ Obsolete]
Warburton.
Commerce Com"merce noun (Formerly accented on the second syllable.) [ French
commerce , Latin
commercium ;
com- +
merx ,
mercis , merchandise. See
Merchant .]
1. The exchange or buying and selling of commodities; esp. the exchange of merchandise, on a large scale, between different places or communities; extended trade or traffic. The public becomes powerful in proportion to the opulence and extensive commerce of private men.
Hume.
2. Social intercourse; the dealings of one person or class in society with another; familiarity. Fifteen years of thought, observation, and commerce with the world had made him [ Bunyan] wiser.
Macaulay.
3. Sexual intercourse. W. Montagu. 4. A round game at cards, in which the cards are subject to exchange, barter, or trade. Hoyle. Chamber of commerce .
See Chamber . Syn. -- Trade; traffic; dealings; intercourse; interchange; communion; communication.
Commerce Comˇmerce" intransitive verb [
imperfect & past participle Commerced ;
p> . pr. & verbal noun Commercing .] [ Confer French
commercer , from Late Latin
commerciare .]
1. To carry on trade; to traffic. [ Obsolete]
Beware you commerce not with bankrupts.
B. Jonson.
2. To hold intercourse; to commune. Milton. Commercing with himself.
Tennyson.
Musicians . . . taught the people in angelic harmonies to commerce with heaven.
Prof. Wilson.
Commerce destroyer Com"merce deˇstroy"er (Nav.) A very fast, unarmored, lightly armed vessel designed to capture or destroy merchant vessels of an enemy. Not being intended to fight, they may be improvised from fast passenger steamers.
Commercial Comˇmer"cial adjective [ Confer French
commercial .]
Of or pertaining to commerce; carrying on or occupied with commerce or trade; mercantile; as, commercial advantages; commercial relations. "Princely
commercial houses ."
Macaulay. Commercial college ,
a school for giving instruction in commercial knowledge and business. --
Commercial law .
See under Law . --
Commercial note paper ,
a small size of writing paper, usually about 5 by 7½ or 8 inches. --
Commercial paper ,
negotiable paper given in due course of business. It includes bills of exchange, promissory notes, bank checks, etc. --
Commercial traveler ,
an agent of a wholesale house who travels from town to town to solicit orders. Syn. -- See
Mercantile .
Commercialism Comˇmer"cialˇism noun The commercial spirit or method. C. Kingsley.
Commercially Comˇmer"cialˇly adverb In a commercial manner.
Commigrate Com"miˇgrate intransitive verb [ Latin
commigrare ,
commigratum .]
To migrate together. [ R.]
Commigration Com`miˇgra"tion noun [ Latin
commigratio .]
Migration together. [ R.]
Woodward.
Commination Com`miˇna"tion noun [ Latin
comminatio , from
comminari to threaten;
com- +
minari to threaten: confer French
commination .]
1. A threat or threatening; a denunciation of punishment or vengeance. With terrible comminations to all them that did resist.
Foxe.
Those thunders of commination .
I. Taylor.
2. An office in the liturgy of the Church of England, used on Ash Wednesday, containing a recital of God's anger and judgments against sinners.
Comminatory Comˇmin"aˇto"ry adjective [ Confer French
comminatoire .]
Threatening or denouncing punishment; as, comminatory terms. B. Jonson.
Commingle Comˇmin"gle transitive verb & i. [
imperfect & past participle Commingled ;
present participle & verbal noun Commingling .]
To mingle together; to mix in one mass, or intimately; to blend. Bacon.
Commingler Comˇmin"gler noun One that commingles; specif., a device for noiseless heating of water by steam, in a vessel filled with a porous mass, as of pebbles.
Comminute Com"miˇnute transitive verb [
imperfect & past participle Comminuted ;
present participle & verbal noun Comminuting .] [ Latin
comminutus , past participle of
comminuere to comminute;
com- +
minuere to lessen. See
Minute .]
To reduce to minute particles, or to a fine powder; to pulverize; to triturate; to grind; as, to comminute chalk or bones; to comminute food with the teeth. Pennant. Comminuted fracture .
See under Fracture .
Comminution Com`miˇnu"tion noun 1. The act of reducing to a fine powder or to small particles; pulverization; the state of being comminuted. Bentley. 2. (Surg.) Fracture (of a bone) into a number of pieces. Dunglison. 3. Gradual diminution by the removal of small particles at a time; a lessening; a wearing away. Natural and necessary comminution of our lives.
Johnson.
Commiserable Comˇmis"erˇaˇble adjective Pitiable. [ Obsolete]
Bacon.
Commiserate Comˇmis"erˇate transitive verb [
imperfect & past participle Commiserated ;
present participle & verbal noun Commiserating .] [ Latin
commiseratus , past participle of
commiserari to commiserate;
com- +
miserari to pity. See
Miserable .]
To feel sorrow, pain, or regret for; to pity. Then must we those, who groan, beneath the weight
Of age, disease, or want, commiserate .
Denham.
We should commiserate our mutual ignorance.
Locke.
Syn. -- To pity; compassionate; lament; condole.
Commiseration Comˇmis`erˇa"tion noun [ French
commisération , from Latin
commiseratio a part of an oration intended to excite compassion.]
The act of commiserating; sorrow for the wants, afflictions, or distresses of another; pity; compassion. And pluck commiseration of his state
From brassy bosoms and rough hearts of flint.
Shak.
Syn. -- See
Sympathy .
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