COMMENDATION
COMMENDATION, noun1. The act of commending; praise; favorable representation in words; declaration of esteem.Need we, as some other, letters of commendation 2 Corinthians 3:1.2....
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COMMENDATORY
COMMENDATORY, adjective1. Which serves to commend; presenting to favorable notice or reception; containing praise; as a commendatory letter.2. Holding a benefice in commendam; a...
COMMENDED
COMMENDED, participle passive Praised; represented favorably; committed in charge.
COMMENDER
COMMENDER, noun One who commends or praises.
COMMENDING
COMMENDING, participle present tense Praising; representing favorably; committing, or delivering in charge.Note: In imitation of the French, we are accustomed to use recommendat...
COMMENSAL
COMMENSAL, noun One that eats at the same table.
COMMENSALITY
COMMENSALITY, noun Fellowship at table; the act or practice of eating at the same table.
COMMENSURABILITY
COMMENSURABILITY,COMMENSURABLE, adjective That have a common measure; reducible to a common measure. Thus a yard and a foot are commensurable, as both may be measured by inches....
COMMENSURABLE
COMMENSURABLE, a. That have a common measure; reducible to a common measure. Thus a yard and a foot are commensurable, as both may be measured by inches. Commensurable numbers a...
COMMENSURABLENESS
COMMENSURABLENESS, noun The capacity of being compared with another in measure, or of being measured by another, or of having a common measure.
COMMENSURATE
COMMENSURATE, adjective1. Reducible to one and the same common measure.2. Equal; proportional; having equal measure or extent.We fine nothing in this life commensurate to our de...
COMMENSURATELY
COMMENSURATELY, adverb1. With the capacity of measuring or being measured by some other thing.2. With equal measure or extent.
COMMENSURATION
COMMENSURATION, noun Proportion, or proportion in measure; a state of having a common measure.All fitness lies in a particular commensuration or proportion, of one thing to anot...
COMMENT
COMMENT, verb intransitive1. To write notes on the works of an author, with a view to illustrate his meaning, or to explain particular passages; to explain; to expound; to annot...
COMMENTARY
COMMENTARY, noun1. A comment; exposition; explanation; illustration of difficult and obscure passages in an author.2. A book of comments or annotations.3. A historical narrative...
COMMENTATOR
COMMENTATOR, noun One who comments; one who writes annotations; an expositor; an annotator. [The accent on the first syllable and that on the third are nearly equal.]
COMMENTER
COMMENTER, noun1. One that writes comments; an annotator.2. One who makes remarks.
COMMENTING
COMMENTING, participle present tense Making notes or comments on something said or written.
COMMENTITIOUS
COMMENTITIOUS, adjective Invented; feigned; imaginary.
COMMERCE
COMMERCE, noun1. In a general sense, an interchange or mutual change of goods, wares, productions, or property of any kind, between nations or individuals, either by barter, or ...
COMMERCIAL
COMMERCIAL, adjective1. Pertaining to commerce or trade; as commercial concerns; commercial relations.2. Carrying on commerce; as a commercial nation.3. Proceeding from trade; a...
COMMERCIALLY
COMMERCIALLY, adverb In a commercial view.
COMMIGRATE
COMMIGRATE, verb intransitive To migrate together; to move in a body from one country or place to another for permanent residence.
COMMIGRATION
COMMIGRATION, noun The moving of a body of people from one country or place to another with a view to permanent residence.
COMMINATION
COMMINATION, noun1. A threat or threatening; a denunciation of punishment or vengeance.2. The recital of Gods threatenings on stated days; an office in the Liturgy of the Church...
COMMINATORY
COMMINATORY, adjective Threatening; denouncing punishment.
COMMINGLE
COMMINGLE, verb transitive To mix together; to mingle in one mass, or intimately; to blend. [See Mingle.]COMMINGLE, verb intransitive To mix or unite together, as different subs...