TO COMMIGRATE, kôm'mè-gråte. v. n. To remove by consent, from one country to another. COMMIGRATION, kôm-mẻ-grå'shůn. s. A removal of a people from one country to another. COMMINATION, kôm-me-na'shûn. s. A threat, a denunciatio.: of punishment; the recital of God's threatenings on stated days. COMMINATORY, kôm-min'ná-tůr-ẻ. a. Denunc tory, threatening. (512). To COMMINGLE, kôm-ming'gl. v. a. To mix into one mass, to mix, to blend. TO COMMINGLE, kôm-ming'gl. v. n. To unite with another thing. COMMINUIBLE,

kom-min'ù-e-bl.

a.

Frangible, reducible to powder. To COMMINUTE, kôm-me-nůte'. v. a. To grind, to pulverise. COMMINUTION,

kom-me-nu'shůn.

S.

The act of grinding into small parts, pul

verisation.

COMMISERABLE, kôm-miz'ér-å-bl. a. Worthy of compassion, pitiable. To COMMISERATE, kom-miz'êr-åte. v. a. (91). To pity, to compassionate. COMMISERATION, kom-miz-ér-a'shûn. s. Pity, compassion, tenderness. COMMISSARY, kom'mis-sár-é. s. An officer made occasionally; a delegate, a deputy; such as exercises spiritual jurisdiction in places of the diocese far distant from the chief city; an officer who draws up lists of an army, and regulates the procuration of provision.-See To COLLECT. COMMISSARISHIP, kôm'mis-sâr-e-ship. s. T office of a commissary. COMMISSION, Kôm-mish'ün. s. The act of intrusting any thing; a trust, a warrant by which any trust is held; a warrant by which a military office is constituted; à charge, a mandate, office; act of committing a crime; sins of commission are distinguished from sins of omission; a number of peop e joined in a trust or office; the state of that which is intrusted to a number

of joint officers, as the broad seal was put into commission; the order by which a factor trades for another person. To COMMISSION, kôm-mish'ůn. v. a. To empower, to appoint. COMMISSIONER, Kóm-mish'un-dr.s.(98). One included in a warrant of authority. COMMISSURE, kom-mish'ure. s. Joint, a place where one part is joined to another. To COMMIT, kôm-mit'. v. a. To intrust, to give in trust; to put in any place to be kept safe; to send to prison, to imprison; to perpetrate, to do a fault.-See To COLLECT.

This word was first used in Junius's Letters in a sense unknown to our former English writers; namely, to expose, to venture, to hazard. This sense is borrowed from the French, and has been generally adopted by subsequent writers. COMMITMENT, kôm-mit'ment. s. Act

of sending to prison, an order for sending to prison. COMMITTEE, kom-mit'tè. s. Those to whom the consideration or ordering of any matter is referred, either by some court to whom it belongs, or by consent of parties. This word is often pronounced properly with the accent on the first or last syllable.

COMMITTER, kôm-mit'tůr. s. Perpetrator, he that commits.

COMMITTABLE, kôm-mit'tå-bl. a. Liable to be committed.

To COMMIX, kôm-miks'. v. a. To mingle, to blend. COMMIXION, kôm-mik'shûn. s. Mixture, incorporation. COMMIXTURE,

S.

kom-miks'tshure. (291). The act of mingling, the state of being mingled; the mass formed by COMMODE, kóm-mode'. s. mingling different things, compound. The head

dress of women.

COMMODIOUS, kôm-mo’dè-ůs, or kômmo'jê-ús. a. (293) (294) (376). Convenient, suitable, accommodate; useful, suited to wants or necessities.

COMMODIOUSLY, kôm-mo’dè-ûs-lè. ad. Conveniently; without distress; suitably to a certain purpose. COMMODIOUSNESS, kom-mo'dè-ûs-nês. s. Convenience, advantage. COMMODITY, kôm-môd'è-té. s. est, advantage, profit; convenie ce of time or place; wares, merchandize. COMMODORE, kôm-mo-dore'. s. The captain who commands a squadron of ships. This is one of those words which may

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went out as Commodóre." (524) (528). COMMON, kom'můn. a. (166). Belonging equally to more than one; having no possessor or owner; vulgar, mean, easy to be had, not scarce; publick, general; mean, without birth or descent; frequent, useful, ordinary; prostitute. COMMON, kom'můn. s.

An open ground equally used by many persons. TO COMMON, kôm'můn. v. n. To have a joint right with others in some common ground. COMMON LAW, kôm'můn-law'. s. Customs which have by long prescription obtained the force of laws, distinguished from the Statute Law, which owes its authority to acts of parliament.

COMMON-PLACE, kom-môn-place'. a. Ordinary. Mason.

COMMON PLEAS, kôm'můn-plèèz'. s.

The king's court now held in Westminster Hall, but anciently moveable. COMMONABLE, kôm'můn-â-bl. a. What is held in common.

COMMONAGE, kôm'můn-dje. s. (90). The right of feeding on a common. COMMONALTY, kôm'mûn-âl-tè. s.

The

common people; the bulk of mankind. COMMONER, kom'mûn-år. s. (98). One of the common people; a man not noble ; a member of the house of commons; one who has a joint right in common ground; a student of the second rank at the university of Oxford; a prostitute. COMMONITION, kôm-mo-nish'ůn. s. Advice, warning. COMMONLY, kôm'můn-lé. ad. Frequently, usually.

COMMONNESS, Kôm'můn-nês. s. Equal participation among many; frequent oocurrence, frequency. To COMMONPLACE, kôm-můn-plåse'. To reduce to general heads. COMMONPLACE Book, kôm-můn-plåse'book. s. A book in which things to be remembered are ranged under general heads.

v. a.

COMMONS, kom'můnz. s. (166). The vulgar, the lower people; the lower house of parliament, by which the people are represented; food, fare, diet. COMMONWEAL, kom-mån-wéél'..) (528). COMMONWEALTH, kôm'mûn-wêlth.

S.

A polity, an established form of civil life; the publick, the general body of the people; a government in which the supreme power is lodged in the people, a republick.

These words have the accent either on the first or last syllable; but the former is accented more frequently on the last, and the latter on the first.-See COMMODORE, COMMORANCE, kôm'mó-rânse. > COMMORANCY, kôm'mó-rän-se. S Dwelling, habitation, residence. COMMORANT, kôm'mỏ-rånt. s. Resident, dwelling.

S.

COMMOTION, kOm-mo'shůn. s. Tumult, disturbance, combustion; perturbation, disorder of mind, agit..tion. COMMOTIONER, kôm-mo'shůn-år. s. A disturber of the

peace.

To COMMOVE, kom-môôve'. v. a. disturb, to unsettle.

Το

To COMMUNE, kom-můne'. v. n. Τα

COMMUNICABILITY, kom-mu-né-ká-bile-té. s. The quality of being com

converse, to impart sentiments mutually.

municated.

S.

commonwealth, the body politic; common possession; frequency, commonness. COMMUTABILITY, kôm-mu-tâ-bil ́ê-tè. s. The quality of being capable of exchange. COMMUTABLE, kom-mu'tå-bl. a. That may be exchanged for something else. COMMUTATION, kim-mu-ta shun. Change, alteration; exchange, the act of giving one thing for another; ransom, act of exchanging a corporal for a pecuniary punishment. COMMUTATIVE, kôm-mů'tâ-tiv. a. (157). Relative to exchange.

the

trade or partnership; a body corporate, a corporation; a subdivision of a regiment of foot; To bear company, to associate with, to be a companion to; To keep company, to frequent houses of entertainment. To COMPANY, kům'pâ-nè. v. a. To accompany, to be associated with. Obsolete.

To COMPANY, kům'pá-né. v. n. To as

sociate one's self with. Not used.

COMPARABLE, kôm'pa-rå-bl. a. Worthy to be compared, of equal regard.-See ACADEMY, ACCEPTABLE, COMMENDABLE, and INCOMPARABLE.

change, to put one thing in the place of another; to buy off, or ransom one obligation by another.-See To COLLECT. TO COMMUTE, kôm-můte'. v. n. Το atone, to bargain for exemption. COMMUTUAL, kim-mutshu-al. a. (461). Mutual, reciprocal. COMPACT, kompakt. s. (492). A con

tract, an accord, an agreement.

TO COMPACT, kom-pakt. v. a. To join together with firmness, to consolidate; to make out of something; to league with; to join together, to bring into a system.

manner worthy to be compared. COMPARATIVE, kôm-pârâ-tv. a.

Estimated by comparison, not absolute; having the power of comparing: in grammar, the comparative degree expresses more of any quantity in one thing than in another, as the right hand is the stronger. COMPARATIVELY, kôm-pâr'á-tiv-lè. ad. In a state of comparison, according to esCOMPARE, kôm-pare'. v. a. timate made by comparison.

To

Το

make one thing the measure of another, to estimate the relative goodness or badness. See To COLLECT.

solid, close, dense; brief, as a compact discourse.

COMPACTEDNESS, kôm-pâk'têd-nês. s. Firmness, density.

COMPACTLY, kôm-pákt'le. ad. Closely, densely; with neat joining. COMPACTNESS, kôm-pákt'nés. s. Firmness, closeness.

COMPACTURE, kôm-pák'tshùre. s. (461). Structure, compagination.

COMPAGES, kôm-pa'jês. s. A system of many parts united. COMPAGINATION, kom-pâd-je-ná'shûn. s. Union, structure.

COMPANION, kôm-pân'yůn. s. (113). One with whom a man frequently converses, a partner, an associate; a familiar term of contempt, a fellow. COMPANIONABLE, kóm-pán'yün-a-bl. a. Fit for good fellowship, social. COMPANIONABLY, kôm-pân'yůn-â-blé. ad. In a companionable manner. COMPANIONSHIP, kom-pân'yun-ship. s. Company, train, fellowship, association. COMPANY, kum'pâ-nè. s. (165). Persons assembled together; an assembly of pleasure; persons considered as capable of conversation; fellowship; a number of persons united for the execution of any thing, a band; persons united in a joint

estimate, comparison; simile, similitude. -See To COMMAND.

COMPARISON, kOm-pár'è-sůn. s. The act of comparing; the state of being compared; a comparative estimate; a simile in writing or speaking: in grammar, the formation of an adjective through its various degrees of signification, as strong, stronger, strongest.

I have inserted the vowel in the last syllable of this word, because in solemn pronunciation some speakers may think it proper to preserve it; but in common and unpremeditated speaking, I am convinced it falls into the general analogy, and is sunk as much as in Reason, Season, Prison, &c. (103) (170).-See To COLLECT. TO COMPART, kom-pårt'. v. a. To divide. COMPARTIMENT, kom-pårt'è-ment. s. A division of a picture, or design. COMPARTITION, kôm-pár-tish'un. s. The

act of comparting or dividing; the parts marked out or separated, a separate part. COMPARTMENT, kom-pårt'mént. s. Di

vision.

TO COMPASS, kům'půs. v. a. (165). To encircle, to environ, to surround; to obtain, to procure, to attain; to take measures preparatory to any thing, as to compass the death of the king.