~2.~ Rule, sway, authority, power, dominion, government, control, ascendancy, supremacy.

~Commander~, _n._ Chief, chieftain, leader, captain.

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~Commandment~, _n._ Mandate, precept, command.

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~Comme il faut~, [Fr.] Right, fit, proper, appropriate, seemly, meet, becoming, as it should be.

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~Commemorate~, _v. a._ Celebrate, solemnize.

~Commemoration~, _n._ Celebration, solemnization.

~Commence~, _v. n._ ~1.~ Begin, originate, take rise.

~2.~ Take the first step, make a beginning, break ground, break the ice.

~Commence~, _v. a._ Begin, institute, originate, enter upon, set about, set on foot, set in operation.

~Commencement~, _n._ Beginning, outset, opening.

~Commend~, _v. a._ ~1.~ Recommend, bespeak regard for.

~3.~ Praise, extol, applaud, laud, eulogize, cry up, speak well of, say a good word for, sing or sound the praises of.

~Commendable~, _a._ Laudable, praiseworthy, to be commended.

~Commendation~, _n._ ~1.~ Recommendation, approval, approbation, good opinion.

~2.~ Praise, encomium, eulogy, panegyric, good word.

~Commendations~, _n. pl._ Regards, compliments, respects.

~Commendatory~, _a._ Commending, laudatory, eulogistic, complimentary, encomiastic, panegyrical.

~Commensurable~, _a._ Commeasurable, commensurate.

~Commensurate~, _a._ ~1.~ Commeasurable, commensurable.

~Comment~, _v. n._ Annotate, make notes, make comments or remarks.

~Comment~, _n._ ~1.~ Annotation, note, explanation, elucidation, illustration, exposition, commentary.

~Commentator~, _n._ Annotator, expositor, writer of comments.

~Commerce~, _n._ ~1.~ Dealing, trade, traffic, business.

~Commercial~, _a._ Trading, MERCANTILE, skilled in commerce.

~Commination~, _n._ Threatening, threat, menace, denunciation.

~Commingle~, _v. a._ Blend, mix, commix, mingle, amalgamate, mingle together.

~Comminute~, _v. a._ Pulverize, triturate, grind, bruise, bray, break to pieces.

~Comminution~, _n._ Pulverization, trituration.

~Commiserate~, _v. a._ Pity, compassionate, have pity for, sympathize with, feel for, feel sorry for, condole with.

~Commiseration~, _n._ Compassion, sympathy, pity, condolence, fellow- feeling.

~3.~ Trust, charge, office, care, duty, task, employment, errand.

~Commission~, _v. a._ ~1.~ Authorize, empower, give a commission to.