5. Commonness; frequency. [Obs.]

Eyes . . . sick and blunted with community.

Shak.

Com*mu`ta*bil"i*ty (?), n. The quality of being commutable.

Com*mut"a*ble (?), a. [L. commutabilis.] Capable of being commuted or interchanged.

The predicate and subject are not commutable.

Whately.

Com*mut"a*ble*ness, n. The quality of being commutable; interchangeableness.

Com`mu*ta"tion (?), n. [L. commutatio: cf. F. commutation.] 1. A passing from one state to another; change; alteration; mutation. [R.]

So great is the commutation that the soul then hated only that which now only it loves.

South.

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