discommon

[dis-kom-uhn]

verb (used with object)

1. (at Oxford and Cambridge) to prohibit (tradespeople or townspeople who have violated the regulations of the university) from dealing with the undergraduates.

2. Law.,  to deprive of the character of a common, as by enclosing a piece of land.

discommon

/ dɪsˈkɒmən /

verb

1. (tr) law to deprive (land) of the character and status of common, as by enclosure

Word History and Origins

Origin of discommon¹

1470–80; dis- ¹ + obsolete common to participate, associate

Example Sentences

Discommon, dis-kom′un, v.t. to deprive of the right of common, or, at Oxford and Cambridge, of dealing with undergraduates.

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This word is allied to the law term "discommon," to deprive of the privileges of a place.

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