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3. pl. A message of affection or respect; compliments; greeting. [Obs.]

Hark you, Margaret; No princely commendations to my king? Shak.

Com*mend"a*tor (? or ?), n. [LL.] One who holds a benefice in commendam; a commendatary. Chalmers.

Com*mend"a*to*ry (?), a. [L. commendatorius.] 1. Serving to commend; containing praise or commendation; commending; praising. "Commendatory verses." Pope.

2. Holding a benefice in commendam; as, a commendatory bishop. Burke.

Commendatory prayer (Book of Common Prayer), a prayer read over the dying. "The commendatory prayer was said for him, and, as it ended, he [William III.] died." Bp. Burnet.

Com*mend"a*to*ry, n. A commendation; eulogy. [R.] "Commendatories to our affection." Sharp.

Com*mend"er (?), n. One who commends or praises.

Com*men"sal (?), n. [LL. commensalis; L. com- + mensa table: cf. F. commensal. Cf. Mensal.] 1. One who eats at the same table. [Obs.]

2. (Zo÷l.) An animal, not truly parasitic, which lives in, with, or on, another, partaking usually of the same food. Both species may be benefited by the association.

Com*men"sal (?), a. Having the character of a commensal.

Com*men"sal*ism (?), n. The act of eating together; table fellowship.

Com`men*sal"i*ty (?), n. Fellowship at table; the act or practice of eating at the same table. [Obs.] "Promiscuous commensality." Sir T. Browne.

Com`men*sa"tion (?), n. Commensality. [Obs.]

Daniel . . . declined pagan commensation. Sir T. Browne.

Com*men`su*ra*bil"i*ty (?), n. [Cf. F. commensurabilitÚ.] The quality of being commensurable. Sir T. Browne.

Com*men"su*ra*ble (?), a. [L. commensurabilis; pref. com- + mensurable. See Commensurate, and cf. Commeasurable.] Having a common measure; capable of being exactly measured by the same number, quantity, or measure. -- Com*men"su*ra*ble*ness, n.

Commensurable numbers or quantities (Math.), those that can be exactly expressed by some common unit; thus a foot and yard are commensurable, since both can be expressed in terms of an inch, one being 12 inches, the other 36 inches. -- Numbers, or Quantities, commensurable in power, those whose squares are commensurable.

Com*men"su*ra*bly (?), adv. In a commensurable manner; so as to be commensurable.

Com*men"su*rate (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Commensurated; p. pr. & vb. n. Commensurating.] [Pref. com- + mensurate.] 1. To reduce to a common measure. Sir T. Browne.

2. To proportionate; to adjust. T. Puller

Com*men"su*rate (?), a. 1. Having a common measure; commensurable; reducible to a common measure; as, commensurate quantities.

2. Equal in measure or extent; proportionate.

Those who are persuaded that they shall continue forever, can not choose but aspire after a happiness commensurate to their duration. Tillotson.

Com*men"su*rate*ly, adv. 1. In a commensurate manner; so as to be equal or proportionate; adequately.

2. With equal measure or extent. Goodwin.

Com*men"su*rate*ness, n. The state or quality of being commensurate. Foster.

Com*men`su*ra"tion (?), n. [Cf. F. commensuration.] The act of commensurating; the state of being commensurate.