intercommon

[in-ter-kom-uhn]

verb (used without object)

English Law.

1. to share in the use of a common.

Other Word Forms

• intercommonage noun
• intercommoner noun

Word History and Origins

Origin of intercommon¹

1400–50; inter- + obsolete common (v.) (variant of commune ¹ ); replacing late Middle English entrecomo ( u ) nen < Anglo-French entrecomuner

Example Sentences

By special agreement or by tacit allowance265 lords and tenants intercommon on each other's lands: this practice extends mostly to the waste only, but in some cases the arable and meadow are included after the removal of the crop and of the hay.

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About 1695 all between Easton Piers and Castle Comb was a campania, like Coteswold, upon which it borders; and then Yatton and Castle Combe did intercommon together.

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