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Com"men*ta`tor*ship (?), n.
The office or occupation of a commentator.

Com"ment`er (?), n. One who
makes or writes comments; a commentator; an annotator.

Com`men*ti"tious (?), a. [L.
commentitius.] Fictitious or imaginary; unreal; as, a
commentitious system of religion. [Obs.]
Warburton.

Com"merce (?), n. (Formerly
accented on the second syllable.) [F. commerce, L.
commercium; com- + merx, mercis,
merchandise. See Merchant.] 1. The
exchange or buying and selling of commodities; esp. the exchange
of merchandise, on a large scale, between different places or
communities; extended trade or traffic.

The public becomes powerful in proportion to the
opulence and extensive commerce of private men.

Hume.

2. Social intercourse; the dealings of
one person or class in society with another;
familiarity.

Fifteen years of thought, observation, and
commerce with the world had made him [Bunyan] wiser.


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