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communed

communed is the simple past and past participle of commune.

Meaning of commune

Verb

commune (third-person singular simple present communes, present participle communing, simple past and past participle communed)

  1. To converse together with sympathy and confidence; to interchange sentiments or feelings; to take counsel.
    • I would commune with you of such things / That want no ear but yours.c. 1603–1604 (date written), William Shakespeare, “Measure for Measure”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward]...
  2. (intransitive) To communicate (with) spiritually; to be together (with); to contemplate or absorb.
    • He spent a week in the backcountry, communing with nature.
  3. (intransitive) To receive the communion.
    • Namely, in these things, in prohibiting that none should commune alone, in making the People whole Communers, or in suffering them to Commune under both kinds […]1681, Gilbert Burnet, “[A Collection of Records, and Original Papers; with Other Instruments Referred to in the Second Part of the History of the Reformation of the Church of England.] Book I.”, in...

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Questions about communed

What is communed the simple past and past participle of?
Communed is the simple past and past participle of commune.

Words near communed in the dictionary

  1. communazi
  2. communaziism
  3. communazis
  4. communazism
  5. commune
  6. communed
  7. communelike
  8. communer
  9. communers
  10. communes
  11. communest

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