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ge; interest; commodiousness. [Obs.] Drawn by the commodity of a footpath. B. Jonson. Men may seek their own commodity, yet if this were done with injury to others, it was not to be suffered. Hooker.

remainder; a common measure. -- Common gender (Gram.), the gender comprising words that may be of either the masculine or the feminine gender. -- Common law, a system of jurisprudence developing under the guidance of the courts so as to apply a consistent and reasonable rule to each litigated case. It may be superse…

A small terrotorial district in France under the government of a mayor and municipal council; also, the inhabitants, or the government, of such a district. See Arrondissement.

To administer the communion to. [R.] She [the church] . . . may communicate him. Jer. Taylor.

That may be compacted.

arison. [Archaic] His mighty champion, strong beyond compare. Milton. Their small galleys may not hold compare With our tall ships. Waller.

That may be complained of. [R.] Feltham.

The state of being complex; complexity. [Obs.] Though the terms of propositions may be complex, yet . . . it is proprly called a simple syllogism, since the complexion does not belong to the syllogistic form of it. I. Watts.

ffect of a single force or resultant; one of a number of forces into which a single force may be resolved.

adjust; to regulate. In a peaceful grave my corpse compose. Dryden. How in safety best we may Compose our present evils. Milton.

means of which the length of the lines, and consequently the width of the page or column, may be determined.

terms or conditions of settlement; agreement. Thus we are agreed: I crave our composition may be written. Shak.

A system of control in which a separate manipulation, as of a rudder, may be effected by either of two movements, in different directions, of a single lever, etc.

That may be compounded.

To adjust and settle by mutual concessions; to compound. The controversy may easily be compromised. Fuller.

ckon; to count. Two days, as we compute the days of heaven. Milton. What's done we partly may compute, But know not what's resisted. Burns.

An outcry or shout of many together. [R.] Before his funeral conclamation. May (Lucan).

An experiment, or something from which a conclusion may be drawn. [Obs.] We practice likewise all conclusions of grafting and inoculating. Bacon.

habetical verbal index showing the places in the text of a book where each principal word may be found, with its immediate context in each place. His knowledge of the Bible was such, that he might have been called a living concordance. Macaulay.

ved that great ringing of bells, in populous cities, hath dissipated pestilent air; which may be from the concussion of the air. Bacon.