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The office of commissioner. Sir W. Scott.

Commixture. Shak.

Commixture; mingling. [R.] An exact commixtion of the ingredients. Boyle.

Advice; warning; instruction. [Obs.] Bailey.

The act of staying or residing in a place. [Obs.] Bp. Hall.

Disturbed or violent motion; agitation. [What] commotion in the winds! Shak.

The act or fact of communicating; as, communication of smallpox; communication of a secret.

The act of sharing; community; participation. "This communion of goods." Blackstone.

A passing from one state to another; change; alteration; mutation. [R.] So great is the commutation that the soul then hated only that which now only it loves. South.

A ticket for transportation at a reduced rate in consideration of some special circumstance, as increase of travel; specif., a ticket for a certain number of, or for daily, trips between neighboring places at a reduced rate, such as are commonly used by those doing business in a city and living in a suburb. Commutation…

The act of making compact, or the state of being compact. [Obs.] Bacon.

Union of parts; structure. [Obs.] Jer. Taylor.

ociated with, another or others; an associate; a comrade; a consort; a partner. The companions of his fall. Milton. The companion of fools shall smart for it. Prov. xiii. 20 (Rev. Ver. ) Here are your sons again; and I must lose Two of the sweetest companions in the world. Shak. A companion is one with whom we share ou…

Fitted to be a companion; fit for good fellowship; agreeable; sociable. "Each companionable guest." Mallett. "Companionable wit." Clarendon. -- Com*pan"ion*a*ble*ness, n. -- Com*pan"ion*a*bly, adv.

Without a companion.

Fellowship; association; the act or fact of keeping company with any one. Shak. He never seemed to avail himself of my sympathy other than by mere companionship. W. Irwing

A making ready; provision. [Obs.]

The act of dividing into parts or compartments; division; also, a division or compartment. [Obs.] Their temples . . . needed no compartitions. Sir H. Wotton.

Literally, suffering with another; a sensation of sorrow excited by the distress or misfortunes of another; pity; commiseration. Womanly igenuity set to work by womanly compassion. Macaulay.

Deserving compassion or pity; pitiable. [R.] Barrow.