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Communing

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com⋅mune

1  [v. kuh-myoon; n. kom-yoon] verb, -muned, -mun⋅ing, noun
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–verb (used without object)
1. to converse or talk together, usually with profound intensity, intimacy, etc.; interchange thoughts or feelings.
2. to be in intimate communication or rapport: to commune with nature.
–noun
3. interchange of ideas or sentiments.
Origin:
1250–1300; ME com(m)unen < MF comuner to share, deriv. of comun common

Related forms:
com⋅mun⋅er, noun

com⋅mune

2  [kuh-myoon]
–verb (used without object), -muned, -mun⋅ing.
to partake of the Eucharist.
Origin:
1275–1325; ME; back formation from communion
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com·mune 1   (kə-myōōn')   
intr.v.   com·muned, com·mun·ing, com·munes

  1. To be in a state of intimate, heightened sensitivity and receptivity, as with one's surroundings: hikers communing with nature.

  2. To receive the Eucharist.


[Middle English comunen, to have common dealings with, converse, from Old French communer, to make common, share (from commun, common; see common) and perhaps from Old French communier, to share in the Communion (from Late Latin commūnicāre, from Latin, to communicate; see communicate).]
com·mun'er n.
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Word Origin & History

commune  (v.)
1297, from O.Fr. comuner "to make common, share," from comun (see common).
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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