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The act of eating together; table fellowship.

Fellowship at table; the act or practice of eating at the same table. [Obs.] "Promiscuous commensality." Sir T. Browne.

o whom the charge of the person or estate of another, as of a lunatic, is committed by suitable authority; a guardian.

rpose, or to wants and necessities; serviceable; spacious and convenient; roomy and comfortable; as, a commodious house. "A commodious drab." Shak. "Commodious gold." Pope. The haven was not commodious to winter in. Acts. xxvii. 12.

State of being commodious; suitableness for its purpose; convience; roominess. Of cities, the greatness and riches increase according to the commodiousness of their situation. Sir W. Temple. The commodiousness of the harbor. Johnson.

To board together; to eat at a table in common.

Provisions; food; fare, -- as that provided at a common table in colleges and universities. Their commons, though but coarse, were nothing scant. Dryden.

ommove; to disturb; to stir up. [R.] Society being more or less commoted and made uncomfortable. Hawthorne.

e, the celebration of the Lord's supper, or the office or service therefor. -- Communion table, the table upon which the elements are placed at the celebration of the Lord's supper. -- Communion in both kinds, participation in both the bread and wine by all communicants. -- Communion in one kind, participation in bu…

The quality of being commutable.

Capable of existing in harmony; congruous; suitable; not repugnant; -- usually followed by with. Our poets have joined together such qualities as are by nature the most compatible. Broome.

f patriotism. She [Britain] rears to freedom an undaunted race, Compatriot, zealous, hospitable, kind. Thomson.

in the oration of a man having authority -- that it be compendious, sententious, and delectable. Sir T. Elyot.

Answering to all requirements; adeqouate; sufficient; suitable; capable; legally qualified; fit. "A competent knowledge of the world." Arrerbury. "Competent age." Grafton. "Competent statesmen." Palfrey. /"A competent witness." Bouvier.

Compatible; suitable; consistent. [Obs.] Sir M. Hale.

and in which he arranges the type in words and lines. It has one open side, and one adjustable end by means of which the length of the lines, and consequently the width of the page or column, may be determined.

or fertilizing land; esp., a composition of various substances (as muck, mold, lime, and stable manure) thoroughly mingled and decomposed, as in a compost heap. And do not spread the compost on the weeds To make them ranker. Shak.

to accept of a consideration for forbearing to prosecute, such compounding being an indictable offense. See Theftbote.

Accountable; responsible; sensitive. [Obs.] I am very comptible even to the least sinister usage. Shak.

and condescension to others. Tillotson. Such a dignity and condescension . . . as are suitable to a superior nature. Addison.