Part 2150

<i>Whewell.</i>

<h1>Commentatorship</h1> <Xpage=284>

<hw>Com"men*ta`tor*ship</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>The office or occupation of a commentator.</def>

<h1>Commenter</h1> <Xpage=284>

<hw>Com"ment`er</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>One who makes or writes comments; a commentator; an annotator.</def>

<h1>Commentitious</h1> <Xpage=284>

<hw>Com`men*ti"tious</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>commentitius</ets>.]</ety> <def>Fictitious or imaginary; unreal; <as>as, a <ex>commentitious</ex> system of religion</as>.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<i>Warburton.</i>

<h1>Commerce</h1> <Xpage=284>

<hw>Com"merce</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <note>(Formerly accented on the second syllable.)</note> <ety>[F. <ets>commerce</ets>, L. <ets>commercium</ets>; <ets>com-</ets> + <ets>merx</ets>, <ets>mercis</ets>, merchadise. See <er>Merchant</er>.]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <def>The exchange or buying and selling of commodities; esp. the exchange of merchandise, on a large scale, between different places or communities; extended trade or traffic.</def>

<blockquote>The public becomes powerful in proportion to the opulence and extensive <b>commerce</b> of private men. <i>Hume.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>Social intercourse; the dealings of one person or class in society with another; familiarity.</def>

<blockquote>Fifteen years of thought, observation, and <b>commerce</b> with the world had made him [Bunyan] wiser. <i>Macaulay.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>3.</b> <def>Sexual intercourse.</def>

<i>W. Montagu.</i>

<p><b>4.</b> <def>A round game at cards, in which the cards are subject to exchange, barter, or trade.</def>

<i>Hoyle.</i>

<cs><col>Chamber of commerce</col>. <cd>See <er>Chamber</er>.</cd></cs>

<syn>Syn. -- Trade; traffic; dealings; intercourse; interchange; communion; communication.</syn>

<h1>Commerce</h1> <Xpage=284>

<hw>Com*merce"</hw> <tt>(? &or; <?/)</tt>, <tt>v. i. </tt> <wordforms>[<tt>imp. & p. p.</tt> <er>Commerced</er> <tt>(#)</tt>; <tt>p>. pr. & vb. n</tt>. <er>Commercing</er>.]</wordforms> <ety>[Cf. F. <ets>commercer</ets>, fr. LL. <ets>commerciare</ets>.]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <def>To carry on trade; to traffic.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<blockquote>Beware you <b>commerce</b> not with bankrupts. <i>B. Jonson.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>To hold intercourse; to commune.</def>

<i>Milton.</i>

<blockquote><b>Commercing</b> with himself. <i>Tennyson.</i></blockquote>

<blockquote>Musicians . . . taught the people in angelic harmonies to <b>commerce</b> with heaven. <i>Prof. Wilson.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Commercial</h1> <Xpage=284>

<hw>Com*mer"cial</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[Cf. F. <ets>commercial</ets>.]</ety> <def>Of or pertaining to commerce; carrying on or occupied with commerce or trade; mercantile; <as>as, <ex>commercial</ex> advantages; <ex>commercial</ex> relations.</as></def> "Princely <i>commercial houses</i>."