COMMANDMENT
COMMANDMENT, noun1. A command; a mandate; an order or injunction given by authority; charge; precept.Why do ye transgress the commandment of God. Matthew 15:3.This is the first ...
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American Dictionary of the English Language, Noah Webster, 1828.
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COMMANDNING
COMMANDNING, pr.1. Bidding; ordering; directing with authority; governing; bearing rule; exercising supreme authority; having in power; overlooking without obstruction.2.adjecti...
COMMANDRESS
COMMANDRESS, noun A woman invested with supreme authority.
COMMANDRY
COMMANDRY, noun A kind of benefice or fixed revenue, belonging to a military order, conferred on knights of merit. There are strict and regular commandries, obtained by merit, o...
COMMARK
COMMARK, noun The frontier of a country.
COMMATERIAL
COMMATERIAL, adjective Consisting of the same matter with another thing.
COMMATERIALITY
COMMATERIALITY, noun Participation of the same matter.
COMMATISM
COMMATISM, noun Briefness; conciseness in writing.
COMMEASURABLE
COMMEASURABLE, adjective [See Measure.] Reducible to the same measure. But commensurable is generally used.
COMMED
COMMED, noun Commendation.
COMMELINE
COMMELINE, noun A genus of herbaceous plants, Commelina, natives of warm climates. This name was given to this genus by Linne, in honor of the Commelins, distinguished botanists...
COMMEMORABLE
COMMEMORABLE, adjective Memorable; worthy to be remembered, or noticed with honor. [See Memorable.]
COMMEMORATE
COMMEMORATE, verb transitive To call to remembrance by a solemn act; to celebrate with honor and solemnity; to honor, as a person or event, by some act of respect or affection, ...
COMMEMORATED
COMMEMORATED, participle passive Called to remembrance by some act of solemnity.
COMMEMORATING
COMMEMORATING, participle present tense Celebrating with honor by some solemn act.
COMMEMORATION
COMMEMORATION, noun The act of calling to remembrance, by some solemnity; the act of honoring the memory of some person or event, by solemn celebration. The feast of shells at P...
COMMEMORATIVE
COMMEMORATIVE, adjective Tending to preserve the remembrance of something.
COMMEMORATORY
COMMEMORATORY, adjective Serving to preserve the memory of.
COMMENCE
COMMENCE, verb intransitive1. To begin; to take rise or origin; to have first existence; as, a state of glory to commence after this life; this empire commenced at a late period...
COMMENCED
COMMENCED, participle passive Begun; originated.
COMMENCEMENT
COMMENCEMENT, noun1. Beginning; rise; origin; first existence; as the commencement of New Style in 1752; the commencement of hostilities in 1775.2. The time when students in col...
COMMEND
COMMEND, verb transitive1. To represent as worthy of notice, regard, or kindness; to speak in favor of; to recommend.I commend to you Phebe our sister. Romans 16:1.2. To commit;...
COMMENDABLE
COMMENDABLE, adjective That may be commended or praised; worthy of approbation or praise; laudable.Order and decent ceremonies in the church are commendable
COMMENDABLENESS
COMMENDABLENESS, noun State of being commendable.
COMMENDABLY
COMMENDABLY, adverb Laudably; in a praise-worthy manner.
COMMENDAM
COMMENDAM, noun In ecclesiastical law, in England, a benefice or living commended, by the king or head of the church, to the care of a clerk, to hold till a proper pastor is pro...
COMMENDATARY
COMMENDATARY, noun One who holds a living in commendam.