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commoned

commoned is the simple past and past participle of common.

Meaning of common

Verb

common (third-person singular simple present commons, present participle commoning, simple past and past participle commoned)

  1. (obsolete) To communicate (something).
    • Then entred Satan into Judas, whose syr name was iscariot (which was of the nombre off the twelve) and he went his waye, and commened with the hye prestes and officers, how he wolde betraye hym vnto them.1526, [William Tyndale, transl.], The Newe Testamẽt […] (Tyndale Bible), [Worms, Germany: Peter Schöffer], →OCLC, Luke
  2. (obsolete) To converse, talk.
    • So long as Guyon with her commoned, / Vnto the ground she cast her modest eye […]1590, Edmund Spenser, “Book II, Canto IX”, in The Faerie Queene. […], London: […] [John Wolfe] for William Ponsonbie, →OCLC
  3. (obsolete) To have sex.
    Synonyms:
    company, know, shag, approach, cohabit, copulate, couple, engage in sex, exchange flesh, have intimate relations
  4. (obsolete) To participate.
    Synonyms:
    join in, take part
  5. (obsolete) To have a joint right with others in common ground.
  6. (obsolete) To board together; to eat at a table in common.
    Synonyms:
    fadge, mess

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Questions about commoned

What is commoned the simple past and past participle of?
Commoned is the simple past and past participle of common.

Words near commoned in the dictionary

  1. commonalities
  2. commonality
  3. commonalties
  4. commonalty
  5. Commondale
  6. commoned
  7. commoner
  8. commoner's gown
  9. commoner's gowns
  10. commoners
  11. commonership

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