Webster's Dictionary 1913

5914

Commutability

Com‐mu′ta‐bil″i‐ty (?), n. The quality of being commutable.

5915

Commutable

Com‐mut″a‐ble (?), a. [L. commutabilis.] Capable of being commuted or interchanged.The predicate and subject are not commutable.Whately.

5916

Commutableness

Com‐mut″a‐ble‐ness, n. The quality of being commutable; interchangeableness.

5917

Commutation

Com′mu‐ta″tion (?), n. [L. commutatio: cf. F. commutation.] 1. A passing from one state to another; change; alteration; mutation.So great is the commutation that the soul then h...

5918

Commutation ticket

Com′mu‐ta″tion tick″et. A ticket for transportation at a reduced rate in consideration of some special circumstance, as increase of travel; specif., a ticket for a certain numbe...

5919

Commutative

Com‐mut″a‐tive (?), a. [CF. F. commutatif.] Relative to exchange; interchangeable; reciprocal. — Com‐mut″a‐tive″ly, adv.Rich traders, from their success, are presumed... to have...

5920

Commutator

Com″mu‐ta′tor (?), n.(Elec.) A piece of apparatus used for reversing the direction of an electrical current; an attachment to certain electrical machines, by means of which alte...

5921

Commute

Com‐mute″ (kŏm‐mūt″), v. t. [imp. & p. p.Commuted; p. pr. & vb. n.Commuting.] [L. commutare, -mutatum; com- + mutare to change. See Mutation.] To exchange; to put or substitute ...

5922

Commute (2)

Com‐mute″, v. i. 1. To obtain or bargain for exemption or substitution; to effect a commutation.He... thinks it unlawful to commute, and that he is bound to pay his vow in kind....

5923

Commuter

Com‐mut″er (kŏm‐mū″tẽr), n. One who commutes; especially, one who commutes in traveling.

5924

Commutual

Com‐mu″tu‐al (?; 135), a. [Pref. com- + mutual.] Mutual; reciprocal; united.There, with commutual zeal, we both had strove.Pope.

5925

Comose

Co″mose (kō″mōs or kō̍‐mōs″), a. [L. comosus hairy, from coma hair.] (Bot.) Bearing a tuft of soft hairs or down, as the seeds of milkweed. Gray.

5926

Compact

Com‐pact″ (kŏm‐păkt″), p. p. & a. [L. compactus, p. p. of compingere to join or unite; com- + pangere to fasten, fix: cf. F. compacte. See Pact.] 1. Joined or held together; lea...

5927

Compact (2)

Com‐pact″, v. t. [imp. & p. p.Compacted; p. pr. & vb. n.Compacting.] 1. To thrust, drive, or press closely together; to join firmly; to consolidate; to make close; — as the part...

5928

Compact (3)

Com″pact (kŏm″păkt), n. [L. compactum, fr. compacisci, p. p. compactus, to make an agreement with; com- + pacisci to make an agreement. See Pact.] An agreement between parties; ...

5929

Compacted

Com‐pact″ed (kŏm‐păkt″ĕd), a. Compact; pressed close; concentrated; firmly united.

5930

Compactedly

Com‐pact″ed‐ly, adv. In a compact manner.

5931

Compactedness

Com‐pact″ed‐ness, n. A state of being compact.

5932

Compacter

Com‐pact″er (?), n. One who makes a compact.

5933

Compactible

Com‐pact″i‐ble (?), a. That may be compacted.

5934

Compaction

Com‐pac″tion (?), n. [L. compactio.] The act of making compact, or the state of being compact. Bacon.

5935

Compactly

Com‐pact″ly (?), adv. In a compact manner; with close union of parts; densely; tersely.

5936

Compactness

Com‐pact″ness, n. The state or quality of being compact; close union of parts; density.

5937

Compacture

Com‐pac″ture (?; 135), n. [L. compactura.] Close union or connection of parts; manner of joining; construction. “With comely compass and compacture strong.” Spenser.

5938

Compages

‖Com‐pa″ges (?), n. sing. & pl. [L., fr. compingere. See Compact, v. t.] A system or structure of many parts united.A regular compages of pipes and vessels.Ray.

5939

Compaginate

Com‐pag″i‐nate (?), v. t. [L. compaginare, compaginatum.] To unite or hold together; as, the side pieces compaginate the frame. W. Montagu.

5940

Compagination

Com‐pag′i‐na″tion (?), n. [L. compaginatio.] Union of parts; structure. Jer. Taylor.