Commensurably (adv.) In a commensurable manner; so as to be commensurable.
Commensurated (imp. & p. p.) of Commensurate
Commensurating (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Commensurate
Commensurate (v. t.) To reduce to a common measure.
Commensurate (v. t.) To proportionate; to adjust.
Commensurate (a.) Having a common measure; commensurable; reducible to a common measure; as, commensurate quantities.
Commensurate (a.) Equal in measure or extent; proportionate.
Commensurately (adv.) In a commensurate manner; so as to be equal or proportionate; adequately.
Commensurately (adv.) With equal measure or extent.
Commensurateness (n.) The state or quality of being commensurate.
Commensuration (n.) The act of commensurating; the state of being commensurate.
Commented (imp. & p. p.) of Comment
Commenting (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Comment
Comment (v. i.) 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.
Comment (v. t.) To comment on.
Comment (n.) A remark, observation, or criticism; gossip; discourse; talk.
Comment (n.) A note or observation intended to explain, illustrate, or criticise the meaning of a writing, book, etc.; explanation; annotation; exposition.
Commentaries (pl. ) of Commentary
Commentary (v. i.) 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.
Commentary (v. i.) 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 (v. t. & i.) To write comments or notes upon; to make comments.
Commentation (n.) The act or process of commenting or criticising; exposition.
Commentation (n.) The result of the labors of a commentator.
Commentator (n.) One who writes a commentary or comments; an expositor; an annotator.
Commentatorial (a.) Pertaining to the making of commentaries.
Commentatorship (n.) The office or occupation of a commentator.
Commenter (n.) One who makes or writes comments; a commentator; an annotator.
Commentitious (a.) Fictitious or imaginary; unreal; as, a commentitious system of religion.
Commerce (n.) 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.
Commerce (n.) Social intercourse; the dealings of one person or class in society with another; familiarity.
Commerce (n.) Sexual intercourse.
Commerce (n.) A round game at cards, in which the cards are subject to exchange, barter, or trade.
Commerced (imp. & p. p.) of Commerce
Commercing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Commerce
Commerce (v. i.) To carry on trade; to traffic.
Commerce (v. i.) To hold intercourse; to commune.
Commercial (a.) Of or pertaining to commerce; carrying on or occupied with commerce or trade; mercantile; as, commercial advantages; commercial relations.
Commercialism (n.) The commercial spirit or method.
Commercially (adv.) In a commercial manner.
Commigrate (v. i.) To migrate together.
Commigration (n.) Migration together.
Commination (n.) A threat or threatening; a denunciation of punishment or vengeance.
Commination (n.) 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 (a.) Threatening or denouncing punishment; as, comminatory terms.
Commingled (imp. & p. p.) of Commingle
Commingling (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Commingle
Commingle (v. t. & i.) To mingle together; to mix in one mass, or intimately; to blend.
Comminuted (imp. & p. p.) of Comminute
Comminuting (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Comminute
Comminute (v. t.) 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.
Comminution (n.) The act of reducing to a fine powder or to small particles; pulverization; the state of being comminuted.
Comminution (n.) Fracture (of a bone) into a number of pieces.
Comminution (n.) Gradual diminution by the removal of small particles at a time; a lessening; a wearing away.
Commiserable (a.) Pitiable.
Commiserated (imp. & p. p.) of Commiserate
Commiserating (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Commiserate
Commiserate (v. t.) To feel sorrow, pain, or regret for; to pity.
Commiseration (n.) The act of commiserating; sorrow for the wants, afflictions, or distresses of another; pity; compassion.
Commiserative (a.) Feeling or expressing commiseration.
Commiserator (n.) One who pities.
Commissarial (a.) Of or pertaining to a commissary.
Commissariat (n.) The organized system by which armies and military posts are supplied with food and daily necessaries.
Commissariat (n.) The body of officers charged with such service.
Commissaries (pl. ) of Commissary
Commissary (n.) One to whom is committed some charge, duty, or office, by a superior power; a commissioner.
Commissary (n.) An officer of the bishop, who exercises ecclesiastical jurisdiction in parts of the diocese at a distance from the residence of the bishop.
Commissary (n.) An officer having charge of a special service; as, the commissary of musters.
Commissary (n.) An officer whose business is to provide food for a body of troops or a military post; -- officially called commissary of subsistence.
Commissaryship (n.) The office or employment of a commissary.
Commission (n.) The act of committing, doing, or performing; the act of perpetrating.
Commission (n.) The act of intrusting; a charge; instructions as to how a trust shall be executed.
Commission (n.) The duty or employment intrusted to any person or persons; a trust; a charge.
Commission (n.) A formal written warrant or authority, granting certain powers or privileges and authorizing or commanding the performance of certain duties.
Commission (n.) A certificate conferring military or naval rank and authority; as, a colonel's commission.
Commission (n.) A company of persons joined in the performance of some duty or the execution of some trust; as, the interstate commerce commission.
Commission (n.) The acting under authority of, or on account of, another.
Commission (n.) The thing to be done as agent for another; as, I have three commissions for the city.
Commission (n.) The brokerage or allowance made to a factor or agent for transacting business for another; as, a commission of ten per cent on sales. See Del credere.
Commissioned (imp. & p. p.) of Commission
Commissioning (p. pr & vb. n.) of Commission
Commission (v. t.) To give a commission to; to furnish with a commission; to empower or authorize; as, to commission persons to perform certain acts; to commission an officer.
Commission (v. t.) To send out with a charge or commission.
Commissional (a.) Alt. of Commissionary
Commissionary (a.) Of, pertaining to, or conferring, a commission; conferred by a commission or warrant.
Commissionate (v. t.) To commission
Commissioner (n.) A person who has a commission or warrant to perform some office, or execute some business, for the government, corporation, or person employing him; as, a commissioner to take affidavits or to adjust claims.
Commissioner (n.) An officer having charge of some department or bureau of the public service.
Commissionnaire (n.) An agent or factor; a commission merchant.
Commissionnaire (n.) One of a class of attendants, in some European cities, who perform miscellaneous services for travelers.
Commissionship (n.) The office of commissioner.
Commissive (a.) Relating to commission; of the nature of, or involving, commission.
Commissural (a.) Of or pertaining to a commissure.
Commissure (n.) A joint, seam, or closure; the place where two bodies, or parts of a body, meet and unite; an interstice, cleft, or juncture.
Commissure (n.) The point of union between two parts, as the angles of the lips or eyelids, the mandibles of a bird, etc.
Commissure (n.) A collection of fibers connecting parts of the brain or spinal marrow; a chiasma.
Commissure (n.) The line of junction or cohering face of two carpels, as in the parsnip, caraway, etc.
Committed (imp. & p. p.) of Commit
Committing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Commit
Commit (v. t.) To give in trust; to put into charge or keeping; to intrust; to consign; -- used with to, unto.
Commit (v. t.) To put in charge of a jailor; to imprison.