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<hw>Com`ma*te"ri*al</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Consisting of the same material.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<i>Bacon.</i>

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<hw>Com*mat"ic</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>commaticus</ets>, Gr. <?/. See <er>Comma</er>.]</ety> <def>Having short clauses or sentences; brief; concise.</def>

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<hw>Com"ma*tism</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[See <er>Commatic</er>.]</ety> <def>Conciseness in writing.</def>

<i>Bp. Horsley.</i>

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<hw>Com*meas"ur*a*ble</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[Cf. <er>Commensurable</er>.]</ety> <def>Having the same measure; commensurate; proportional.</def>

<blockquote>She being now removed by death, a <b>commeasurable</b> grief took as full possession of him as joy had one. <i>I. Walton.</i></blockquote>

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<hw>Com*meas"ure</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <def>To be commensurate with; to equal.</def>

<i>Tennyson.</i>

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<hw>Com*mem"o*ra"ble</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>commemorabilis</ets>.]</ety> <def>Worthy to be commemorated.</def>

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<hw>Com*mem"o*rate</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <wordforms>[<tt>imp. & p. p.</tt> <er>Commemorated</er>; <tt>p. pr. & vb. n.</tt> <er>Commemorating</er>.]</wordforms> <ety>[L. <ets>commemoratus</ets>, p. p. of <ets>commemorare</ets> to remember; <ets>com-</ets> + <ets>memorare</ets> to mention, fr. <ets>memor</ets> mindful. See <er>Memory</er>.]</ety> <def>To call to remembrance by a special act or observance; to celebrate with honor and solemnity; to honor, as a person or event, by some act of respect of affection, intended to preserve the remembrance of the person or event; <as>as, to <ex>commemorate</ex> the sufferings and dying love of our Savior by the sacrament of the Lord's Supper; to <ex>commemorate</ex> the Declaration of Independence by the observance of the Fourth of July.</as></def>

<blockquote>We are called upon to <b>commemorate</b> a revolution. <i>Atterbury.</i></blockquote>

<syn>Syn. -- See <er>Celebrate</er>.</syn>

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<hw>Com*mem`o*ra"tion</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>commemoratio</ets>.]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <def>The act of commemorating; an observance or celebration designed to honor the memory of some person or event.</def>

<blockquote>This sacrament was designed to be a standing <b>commemoration</b> of the death and passion of our Lord. <i>Abp. Tillotson.</i></blockquote>

<blockquote>The commonwealth which . . . chooses the most flagrant act of murderous regicide treason for a feast of eternal <b>commemoration</b>. <i>Burke.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>Whatever serves the purpose of commemorating; a memorial.</def>

<cs><col>Commemoration day</col>, <cd>at the University of Oxford, Eng., an annual observance or ceremony in honor of the benefactors of the University, at which time honorary degrees are conferred.</cd></cs>

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<hw>Com*mem"o*ra*tive</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Tending or intended to commemorate.</def> "A sacrifice <i>commemorative</i> of Christ's offering up his body for us."

<i>Hammond.</i>