commune 1 [verb kuh -myoon ; noun kom -yoon]
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See more synonyms for commune on Thesaurus.com verb (used without object), com·muned, com·mun·ing. to converse or talk together, usually with profound intensity, intimacy, etc.; interchange thoughts or feelings. to be in intimate communication or rapport: to commune with nature. Show More
interchange of ideas or sentiments. Show More
Origin of commune 1 1250–1300; Middle English com(m)unen <
Middle French comuner to share, derivative of
comun common Related forms com·mun·er , noun verb (used without object), com·muned, com·mun·ing. to partake of the Eucharist. Show More
Origin of commune 2 1275–1325; Middle English; back formation from
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Examples from the Web for communing Contemporary Examples of communing The year after reading it, “I began to wonder if I, too, could receive messages during my times of communing with God.”
I am not sure how helpful that is, except that the communing certainly keeps us from feeling totally isolated in our perplexity.
Historical Examples of communing It was the need of being by herself, the haste of communing alone with her great happiness.
"No doubt they took you because of that," Sir Oliver pursued, as if communing with himself.
Hence an opportunity of communing with the world he valued at its just price.
"How cold and cruel I have become," she said, as if she were communing with herself.
We've been out walking and communing with nature and getting acquainted.
British Dictionary definitions for communing verb (kəˈmjuːn ) (intr usually foll by with ) to talk or converse intimately to experience strong emotion or spiritual feelings (for) to commune with nature Show More
intimate conversation; exchange of thoughts; communion Show More
Word Origin for commune C13: from Old French comuner to hold in common, from comun common
(intr) Christianity , mainly US to partake of Communion Show More
Word Origin for commune C16: back formation from communion
a group of families or individuals living together and sharing possessions and responsibilities any small group of people having common interests or responsibilities the smallest administrative unit in Belgium, France, Italy, and Switzerland, governed by a mayor and council the government or inhabitants of a commune a medieval town enjoying a large degree of autonomy Show More
Word Origin for commune C18: from French, from Medieval Latin commūnia, from Latin: things held in common, from commūnis common
See Paris Commune a committee that governed Paris during the French Revolution and played a leading role in the Reign of Terror: suppressed 1794 Show More
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Word Origin and History for communing v. c.1300, "have dealings with," from Old French comuner "to make common, share" (10c., Modern French communier ), from comun (see common (adj.)). Meaning "to talk intimately" is late 14c. Related: Communed ; communing .
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n. 1792, from French commune "small territorial divisions set up after the Revolution," from Middle French commune "free city, group of citizens" (12c.), from Medieval Latin communia , noun use of neuter plural of Latin adjective communis , literally "that which is common," from communis (see common (adj.)). The Commune of Paris usurped the government during the Reign of Terror. The word later was applied to a government on communalistic principles set up in Paris in 1871. Adherents of the 1871 government were Communards .
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