Commute

4 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Commute \Com*mute"\ (k[o^]m*m[=u]t"), v. t. [imp. & p. p.
     {Commuted}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Commuting}.] [L. commutare,
     -mutatum; com- + mutare to change. See {Mutation}.]
     1. To exchange; to put or substitute something else in place
        of, as a smaller penalty, obligation, or payment, for a
        greater, or a single thing for an aggregate; hence, to


        lessen; to diminish; as, to commute a sentence of death to
        one of imprisonment for life; to commute tithes; to
        commute charges for fares.
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              The sounds water and fire, being once annexed to
              those two elements, it was certainly more natural to
              call beings participating of the first "watery", and
              the last "fiery", than to commute the terms, and
              call them by the reverse.             --J. Harris
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              The utmost that could be obtained was that her
              sentence should be commuted from burning to
              beheading.                            --Macaulay.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Commute \Com*mute"\, v. i.
     1. To obtain or bargain for exemption or substitution; to
        effect a commutation.
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              He . . . thinks it unlawful to commute, and that he
              is bound to pay his vow in kind.      --Jer. Taylor.
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     2. To pay, or arrange to pay, in gross instead of part by
        part; as, to commute for a year's travel over a route.
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     3. to travel regularly from a place of residence to another
        place, such as where one's daily work is performed. Often,
        such travel is performed between a suburb and a nearby
        city; as, to commute to work.
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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  commute
       v 1: transpose and remain equal in value; "These operators
            commute with each other" [syn: {transpose}]
       2: travel back and forth regularly, as between one's place of
          work and home [syn: {travel back and forth}]
       3: change the order or arrangement of; "Dyslexics often
          transpose letters in a word" [syn: {permute}, {transpose}]
       4: exchange a penalty for a less severe one [syn: {convert}, {exchange}]
       5: exchange or replace with another, usually of the same kind
          or category; "Could you convert my dollars into pounds?";
          "He changed his name"; "convert centimeters into inches";
          "convert holdings into shares" [syn: {change}, {exchange},
           {convert}]

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  69 Moby Thesaurus words for "commute":
     alternate, bandy, be quits with, change, change for, compensate,
     compound for, convert, cooperate, counterchange, course,
     cover ground, dub in, exchange, fare, fare forth, fetch, flit,
     flow, gang, get back at, get even with, give and take,
     give place to, go, go along, hie, interchange, logroll,
     make do with, make way for, metamorphose, move, move along,
     move on, offer in exchange, pass, pay back, permute, progress,
     put up with, reciprocate, redeem, requite, respond, retaliate,
     return, return the compliment, ring in, roll, roll on, run, sashay,
     shift with, stream, substitute, swap, switch, take in exchange,
     trade, transfer, transfigure, translate, transmogrify, transmute,
     transpose, travel, wayfare, wend