Comicality (n.) The quality of being comical; something comical.
Comicry (n.) The power of exciting mirth; comicalness.
Coming (a.) Approaching; of the future, especially the near future; the next; as, the coming week or year; the coming exhibition.
Coming (a.) Ready to come; complaisant; fond.
Coming (n.) Approach; advent; manifestation; as, the coming of the train.
Coming (n.) Specifically: The Second Advent of Christ.
Comitia (n. pl.) A public assembly of the Roman people for electing officers or passing laws.
Comitial (a.) Relating to the comitia, or popular assemblies of the Romans for electing officers and passing laws.
Comities (pl. ) of Comity
Comity (n.) Mildness and suavity of manners; courtesy between equals; friendly civility; as, comity of manners; the comity of States.
Comma (n.) A character or point [,] marking the smallest divisions of a sentence, written or printed.
Comma (n.) A small interval (the difference between a major and minor half step), seldom used except by tuners.
Commanded (imp. & p. p.) of Command
Commanding (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Command
Command (v. t.) To order with authority; to lay injunction upon; to direct; to bid; to charge.
Command (v. t.) To exercise direct authority over; to have control of; to have at one's disposal; to lead.
Command (v. t.) To have within a sphere of control, influence, access, or vision; to dominate by position; to guard; to overlook.
Command (v. t.) To have power or influence of the nature of authority over; to obtain as if by ordering; to receive as a due; to challenge; to claim; as, justice commands the respect and affections of the people; the best goods command the best price.
Command (v. t.) To direct to come; to bestow.
Command (v. i.) To have or to exercise direct authority; to govern; to sway; to influence; to give an order or orders.
Command (v. i.) To have a view, as from a superior position.
Command (n.) An authoritative order requiring obedience; a mandate; an injunction.
Command (n.) The possession or exercise of authority.
Command (n.) Authority; power or right of control; leadership; as, the forces under his command.
Command (n.) Power to dominate, command, or overlook by means of position; scope of vision; survey.
Command (n.) Control; power over something; sway; influence; as, to have command over one's temper or voice; the fort has command of the bridge.
Command (n.) A body of troops, or any naval or military force or post, or the whole territory under the authority or control of a particular officer.
Commandable (a.) Capable of being commanded.
Commandant (n.) A commander; the commanding officer of a place, or of a body of men; as, the commandant of a navy-yard.
Commandatory (a.) Mandatory; as, commandatory authority.
Commander (n.) A chief; one who has supreme authority; a leader; the chief officer of an army, or of any division of it.
Commander (n.) An officer who ranks next below a captain, -- ranking with a lieutenant colonel in the army.
Commander (n.) The chief officer of a commandery.
Commander (n.) A heavy beetle or wooden mallet, used in paving, in sail lofts, etc.
Commandership (n.) The office of a commander.
Commanderies (pl. ) of Commandery
Commandery (n.) The office or rank of a commander.
Commandery (n.) A district or a manor with lands and tenements appertaining thereto, under the control of a member of an order of knights who was called a commander; -- called also a preceptory.
Commandery (n.) An assembly or lodge of Knights Templars (so called) among the Freemasons.
Commandery (n.) A district under the administration of a military commander or governor.
Commanding (a.) Exercising authority; actually in command; as, a commanding officer.
Commanding (a.) Fitted to impress or control; as, a commanding look or presence.
Commanding (a.) Exalted; overlooking; having superior strategic advantages; as, a commanding position.
Commandingly (adv.) In a commanding manner.
Commandment (n.) An order or injunction given by authority; a command; a charge; a precept; a mandate.
Commandment (n.) One of the ten laws or precepts given by God to the Israelites at Mount Sinai.
Commandment (n.) The act of commanding; exercise of authority.
Commandment (n.) The offense of commanding or inducing another to violate the law.
Commandress (n.) A woman invested with authority to command.
Commandry (n.) See Commandery.
Commark (n.) The frontier of a country; confines.
Commaterial (a.) Consisting of the same material.
Commatic (a.) Having short clauses or sentences; brief; concise.
Commatism (n.) Conciseness in writing.
Commeasurable (a.) Having the same measure; commensurate; proportional.
Commeasure (v. t.) To be commensurate with; to equal.
Commemorable (a.) Worthy to be commemorated.
Commemorated (imp. & p. p.) of Commemorate
Commemorating (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Commemorate
Commemorate (v. t.) To call to remembrance by a special act or observance; to celebrate with honor and solemnity; to honor, as a person or event, by some act of respect or affection, intended to preserve the remembrance of the person or event; as, to commemorate the sufferings and dying love of our Savior by the sacrament of the Lord's Supper; to commemorate the Declaration of Independence by the observance of the Fourth of July.
Commemoration (n.) The act of commemorating; an observance or celebration designed to honor the memory of some person or event.
Commemoration (n.) Whatever serves the purpose of commemorating; a memorial.
Commemorative (a.) Tending or intended to commemorate.
Commemorator (n.) One who commemorates.
Commemoratory (a.) Serving to commemorate; commemorative.
Commenced (imp. & p. p.) of Commence
Commencing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Commence
Commence (v. i.) To have a beginning or origin; to originate; to start; to begin.
Commence (v. i.) To begin to be, or to act as.
Commence (v. i.) To take a degree at a university.
Commence (v. t.) To enter upon; to begin; to perform the first act of.
Commencement (n.) The first existence of anything; act or fact of commencing; rise; origin; beginning; start.
Commencement (n.) The day when degrees are conferred by colleges and universities upon students and others.
Commended (imp. & p. p.) of Commend
Commending (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Commend
Commend (v. t.) To commit, intrust, or give in charge for care or preservation.
Commend (v. t.) To recommend as worthy of confidence or regard; to present as worthy of notice or favorable attention.
Commend (v. t.) To mention with approbation; to praise; as, to commend a person or an act.
Commend (v. t.) To mention by way of courtesy, implying remembrance and good will.
Commend (n.) Commendation; praise.
Commend (n.) Compliments; greetings.
Commendable (a.) Worthy of being commended or praised; laudable; praiseworthy.
Commendam (n.) A vacant living or benefice commended to a cleric (usually a bishop) who enjoyed the revenue until a pastor was provided. A living so held was said to be held in commendam. The practice was abolished by law in 1836.
Commendatary (n.) One who holds a living in commendam.
Commendation (n.) The act of commending; praise; favorable representation in words; recommendation.
Commendation (n.) That which is the ground of approbation or praise.
Commendation (n.) A message of affection or respect; compliments; greeting.
Commendator (n.) One who holds a benefice in commendam; a commendatary.
Commendatory (a.) Serving to commend; containing praise or commendation; commending; praising.
Commendatory (a.) Holding a benefice in commendam; as, a commendatory bishop.
Commendatory (n.) A commendation; eulogy.
Commender (n.) One who commends or praises.
Commensal (n.) One who eats at the same table.
Commensal (n.) An animal, not truly parasitic, which lives in, with, or on, another, partaking usually of the same food. Both species may be benefited by the association.
Commensal (a.) Having the character of a commensal.
Commensalism (n.) The act of eating together; table fellowship.
Commensality (n.) Fellowship at table; the act or practice of eating at the same table.
Commensation (n.) Commensality.
Commensurability (n.) The quality of being commensurable.
Commensurable (a.) Having a common measure; capable of being exactly measured by the same number, quantity, or measure.