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& 3S9. Fate 73, f&r 77, fall 83, fill 81—me 93, mlt 95—pine 105, pin 107— no 102, mSve 1M,
certainly suffer? by tlicse transitions of accent. IIow.ever, when custom has once decided, we may com-plain, but must still acquiesce. The accent on the se-cond s> liable of this word is grown vulgar, and thereneeds no other reason for banishing it from polite pro-nunciation. *
COMMENDABLV, Um'men-dd-ble, ad.
Laudably, ia a manner worthy of commen-dation.
COMMENDAM, korn'men-dam, s. Com-mendam is a benefice, which, being void, iscommended to the charge of some sufficientclerk to be supplied.
COMMENDATAUY, kim-men'da-td-re, s.
512. One who holds a living in commendam.COMMENDATION, ki5m-men-d&/shun, s.Recommendation, favourable representation ;praise, declaration of esteem.—See To Collect.COMMENDATORY. kJm-men'dd-tur-ri,a. 512. Favourably representative; contain-ing praise.
COMMENDER, kdm-men'dur, s. Fraiser.COMMENSAL1TY, kiJm-men-Sille-te, s.Fellowship of table.
COMMENSXJU ABILITY,ktim-men-sln'i-rjl-btl e-tc, s. Capacity of being comparedwith another as to the measure, or of beingmeasured bv another.
COMMENSURABLE, kiim-men'shu-nUbl,a . 452. Reducible to some common measure,as a yard and foot are measured by an inch.COM5IENSUR ABLENESS, kdm-men'shu-ra-bl-nes, s. Commensurabiiity, propor-tion.
To COMMENSURATE, kdin-mgn'shu-rate,v . a. 91. To reduce to some common measure.COMMENSURATE, kdin-men'shu-rkte, a.
91. Reducible to some common measure;equal, proportionable to each other.COMMENSURATELY,k(Sm-men'shu-rite-le, ad. With the capacity of measuring,or being measured by some other thing.
COM MENSURATION, kdm-men-sluVra'-shun, s. Reduction of some things to somecommon measure.
To COMMENT, kiWment, v. n. To anno-tate, to write notes, to expound.COMMENT, kiWment, s. 498. Annota-tions on an author, notes, exposition.COMMENTARY, k(Sm'men -ta-rc, s. Anexposition, annotation, remark; a memoir;narrative in familiar manner.COMMENTATOR, kdm-m2n-t&'tur, s. 521.Expositor, annotator.
COMMENTF.R, UAm-men tfir, s. An ex-plainer, an annotator.
COMMENTITIOUS, kSm-mgn-tish'us, s.Invented, imaginary.
COMMERCE, ktWmerse, s . Exchange of
one thing for another, trade, traffick.
To COMMERCE,kiim-merse', c.n. To holdinte-course*
Milton has, by the license of his art, accentedthis verb according to the analogy of dissyllable nounsand verbs of the same form. 49-»
** And looks commercing with the skies,
** Thy rapt soul sitting in thy eyes.*’— Penseroso.But this verb, like To Comment, would, m prose, re-quire the accent ou the first syllable, as in the noun.Ihonoi, Akenside has taken the same liberty with thiswoid a 9 Milton had done with that: —
tl T7T— ---the sober zeal
age, comminthig on prodigious things.''
Pleasures of iuutg.
lift
COMMERClALjkfim-mer'shAljfl. Relating
to commerce or traffick.
COMMERE, kom-mare # , s. French . A com-mon mother. Not used.
To COMMIGRATE, kiWme-grate, v. n. Toremove, by consent, from one country to an-otber. i ,2
COMMIGRATION, kom-me-grk'shun, s. Aremoval of a people from one country to an-other.
COMMINATION,k6m-me-na'shan, $. Athreat, a denunciation of punishment; the re-cital of God ’s threatenings ou stated days.COMMIN ATOIIY, kdm-min'nil-tur-e, a .
Denunciatory, threatening. 512.
To COMMINGLE, kdm-mlng'gl, v. a. Tomix into one muss, to mix, to blend.
To COMMINGLE, kflm-ming'gl, v, n. Tounite with another thing.
COMMINUIBLE, kdm-mln'u-e-bl, a. F ran-gible, reducible to powder.
To COMMINUTE, kom-me-nute, t\ a. Torind, to pulverise.
MMINUTION, kftm-mc-n&'shun, s. Theact of grinding into small parts, pulverization.COMMISERABLE, k(im-mlz'er4-bi. <i.
Worthy of compassion, pitiable.
To COMMISERATE, kdm-miz'er-kte, t;. a.91. To pity, to compassionate.
COMMISERATION , ktSm-miz-gr-i'skSn,s.
Pity, compassion, tenderness.COMMISSARY, kiWmis-sir-e, s. An of-ficer made occasionally, a delegate, a deputy ;such as exercise spiritual jurisdiction in placesof the diocese far distant from the chief city ;an officer who draws up lists of an army, andregulates the procuration of provision.—SeeTo Collect.
COMMISSARISIIIP, kWm?s-sar-e-slup,s. The office of a commissary.COMMISSION, kiUn-mish'un, s. The actof intrusting any thing ; a trust, a warrant bywhich any trust is held ; a warrant by whicha military office is constituted ; a charge, amandate, office ; act of committing a crime ;sins of commission are distinguished from sinsof omission ; a number of people joined in atrust or office ; the state of that which is in-trusted to a number of joint officers, as, thebroad seal was put into commission; the or-der by which a factor trades for another per-son.
To COMMISSION, kdm-mfsh'un, v. a. Toempower, to appoint.
COMMISSIONER, kiSm-mlsh'un-Sr, s. 98.
One included in a warrant of authority.COMMISSURE, kdm-mish'tire, s. Joint, aplace where one part is joined to another.
To COMMIT, kiim-mit', v. a. To intrust,to give in trust; to put in any place to be keptsafe ; to send to prison, to imprison ; to per-petrate, to do a fault.—-See 2b Collect.
£3* Tin* word was first used in Junius's Letters in asense unknown to our former English writers; name-ly, to expose, to venture, to hazard. This sense isborrowed from the french, and has been generallyadopted by subsequent writers.
COMMITMENT, kiSm-mlt'ment, s. Act of
Bending to prison; an order for sending to pri-son.
COMMITTEE, Um-m?t'te, s. Those towhom tiie consideration or ordering of any