Part 2151

<i>Macaulay.</i>

<cs><col>Commercial college</col>, <cd>a school for giving instruction in commercial knowledge and business.</cd> -- <col>Commercial law</col>. <cd>See under <er>Law</er>.</cd> -- <col>Commercial note paper</col>, <cd>a small size of writing paper, usually about 5 by 7\'ab or 8 inches.</cd> -- <col>Commercial paper</col>, <cd>negotiable paper given in due course of business. It includes bills of exchange, promissory notes, bank cheks, etc.</cd> -- <col>Commercial traveler</col>, <cd>an agent of a wholesale house who travels from town to town to solicit orders.</cd></cs>

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

<h1>Commercialism</h1> <Xpage=284>

<hw>Com*mer"cial*ism</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>The commercial spirit or method.</def>

<i>C. Kingsley.</i>

<h1>Commercially</h1> <Xpage=284>

<hw>Com*mer"cial*ly</hw>, <tt>adv.</tt> <def>In a commercial manner.</def>

<h1>Commigrate</h1> <Xpage=284>

<hw>Com"mi*grate</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>v. i.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>commigrare</ets>, <ets>commigratum</ets>.]</ety> <def>To migrate together.</def> <mark>[R.]</mark>

<h1>Commigration</h1> <Xpage=284>

<hw>Com`mi*gra"tion</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>commigratio</ets>.]</ety> <def>Migration together.</def> <mark>[R.]</mark>

<i>Woodward.</i>

<h1>Commination</h1> <Xpage=284>

<hw>Com`mi*na"tion</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>comminatio</ets>, from <ets>comminary</ets> to threaten; <ets>com-</ets> + <ets>minari</ets> to threaten: cf. F. <ets>commination</ets>.]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <def>A threat or threatening; a denunciation of punishment or vengeance.</def>

<blockquote>With terrible <b>comminations</b> to all them that did resist. <i>I. Taylor.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>An office in the liturgy of the Church of England, used on Ash Wednesday, containing a recital of God's anger and judgments against sinners.</def>

<h1>Comminatory</h1> <Xpage=284>

<hw>Com*min"a*to"ry</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[Cf. F. <ets>comminatoire</ets>.]</ety> <def>Threatening or denouncing punishment; <as>as, <ex>comminatory</ex> terms</as>.</def>

<i>B. Jonson.</i>

<h1>Commingle</h1> <Xpage=284>

<hw>Com*min"gle</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>v. t. & i.</tt> <wordforms>[<tt>imp. & p. p.</tt> <er>Commingled</er> <tt>(?)</tt>; <tt>p. pr. & vb. n.</tt> <er>Commingling</er> <tt>(?)</tt>.]</wordforms> <def>To mingle together; to mix in one mass, or intimately; to blend.</def>

<i>Bacon.</i>

<h1>Comminute</h1> <Xpage=284>

<hw>Com"mi*nute</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <wordforms>[<tt>imp. & p. p.</tt> <er>Comminuted</er>; <tt>p. pr. & vb. n.</tt> <er>Comminuting</er>.]</wordforms> <ety>[L. <ets>comminutus</ets>, p. p. of <ets>comminuere</ets> to comminute; <ets>com-</ets> + <ets>minuere</ets> to lessen. See <er>Minute</er>.]</ety> <def>To reduce to minute particles, or to a fine powder; to pulverize; to triturate; to grind; <as>as, to <ex>comminute</ex> chalk or bones; to <ex>comminute</ex> food with the teeth.</as></def>

<i>Pennant.</i>

<cs><col>Comminuted fracture</col>. <cd>See under <er>Fracture</er>.</cd></cs>

<h1>Comminution</h1> <Xpage=284>