Commercial
Com‐mer″cial (?), a. [Cf. F. commercial.] Of or pertaining to commerce; carrying on or occupied with commerce or trade; mercantile; as, commercial advantages; commercial relatio...
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Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, C. & G. Merriam Co., 1913.
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Commercialism
Com‐mer″cial‐ism (?), n. The commercial spirit or method. C. Kingsley.
Commercially
Com‐mer″cial‐ly, adv. In a commercial manner.
Commigrate
Com″mi‐grate (?), v. i. [L. commigrare, commigratum.] To migrate together.
Commigration
Com′mi‐gra″tion (?), n. [L. commigratio.] Migration together. Woodward.
Commination
Com′mi‐na″tion (?), n. [L. comminatio, from comminari to threaten; com- + minari to threaten: cf. F. commination.] 1. A threat or threatening; a denunciation of punishment or ve...
Comminatory
Com‐min″a‐to″ry (?), a. [Cf. F. comminatoire.] Threatening or denouncing punishment; as, comminatory terms. B. Jonson.
Commingle
Com‐min″gle (?), v. t. & i. [imp. & p. p.Commingled (?); p. pr. & vb. n.Commingling (?).] To mingle together; to mix in one mass, or intimately; to blend. Bacon.
Commingler
Com‐min″gler (?), n. 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″mi‐nute (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p.Comminuted; p. pr. & vb. n.Comminuting.] [L. comminutus, p. p. of comminuere to comminute; com- + minuere to lessen. See Minute.] To reduce t...
Comminution
Com′mi‐nu″tion (?), n. 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 ...
Commiserable
Com‐mis″er‐a‐ble (?), a. Pitiable. Bacon.
Commiserate
Com‐mis″er‐ate (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p.Commiserated; p. pr. & vb. n.Commiserating.] [L. commiseratus, p. p. of commiserari to commiserate; com- + miserari to pity. See Miserable...
Commiseration
Com‐mis′er‐a″tion (?), n. [F. commisération, fr. L. commiseratio a part of an oration intended to excite compassion.] The act of commiserating; sorrow for the wants, afflictions...
Commiserative
Com‐mis″er‐a‐tive (?), a. Feeling or expressing commiseration. Todd.
Commiserator
Com‐mis″er‐a′tor (?), n. One who pities.
Commissarial
Com′mis‐sa″ri‐al (?), a. Of or pertaining to a commissary.
Commissariat
Com′mis‐sa″ri‐at (?; 277), n. [F. commissariat.] (Mil.) (a) The organized system by which armies and military posts are supplied with food and daily necessaries. (b) The body of...
Commissary
Com″mis‐sa‐ry (?), n.; pl.Commissaries (#). [LL. commissarius, fr. L. commissus, p. p. of committere to commit, intrust to. See Commit.] 1. One to whom is committed some charge,...
Commissaryship
Com″mis‐sa‐ry‐ship (?), n. The office or employment of a commissary. Ayliffe.
Commission
Com‐mis″sion (?), n. [F., fr. L. commissio. See Commit.] 1. The act of committing, doing, or performing; the act of perpetrating.Every commission of sin introduces into the soul...
Commission (2)
Com‐mis″sion (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p.Commissioned (?); p. pr & vb. n.Commissioning.] 1. To give a commission to; to furnish with a commission; to empower or authorize; as, to co...
Commissionaire
Com‐mis′sion‐aire″ (?), n. [F. commissionnaire. Cf. Commissioner.] 1. One intrusted with a commission, now only a small commission, as an errand; esp., an attendant or subordina...
Commissional
{ Com‐mis″sion‐al (?), Com‐mis″sion‐a‐ry (?) } a. Of, pertaining to, or conferring, a commission; conferred by a commission or warrant.Delegate or commissionary authority.Bp. Hall.
Commissionate
Com‐mis″sion‐ate (?), v. t. To commission
Commissioner
Com‐mis″sion‐er (?), n. 1. A person who has a commission or warrant to perform some office, or execute some business, for the government, corporation, or person employing him; a...
Commissionnaire
‖Com‐mis′sion‐naire″ (?; F.?), n. [F., fr. L. commissio.] 1. An agent or factor; a commission merchant.2. One of a class of attendants, in some European cities, who perform misc...