coming 
A Girl so bright, so sparkling, and what recommends her 
much more to me, so coming that had she lived in the 
days of Venus, she would have rival'd that Goddess and 
out-done her too in her own Attributes. 
Mrs. Centlicre, Beau's Duel, i. 1. 
coming-floor (ko'mmg-flor), n. [< coming-s + 
floor?} The floor of a malt-house. Halliicell. 
coming-in (kum'ing-in'), n. 1. Entrance; ar- 
rival ; introduction. 
The coinin<t-in of this mischief was sore and grievous to 
the people. 2 Mac. vi. x. 
O bless his goings-out and comings-in, 
Thou mighty God of heaven ! 
B. Jonjwn, Love's Welcome at Welbeck. 
2f. Income; revenue. 
What are thy rents? What are thy cominni-iut 
Shak., Hen. V., iv. 1. 
Our comings-ill were but about three shillings a-week. 
Goldsmith, Citizen of the World, xv. 
3f. Submission; compliance; surrender. Mas- 
ninger, 
comingle (ko-ming'gl), v. t. or '. [< co- 1 + 
mingle. Cf. commingle.] To mingle together; 
commingle. Sliak., Hamlet, iii. 2 (in some edi- 
tions). 
coming-ont (kum'ing-on'), a. Complaisant; 
willing to please. 
Now I will be your Rosalind in a more coming-in dis 
position. Shak., As you Like it, iv. 1. 
comique(ko-mek'), n. [P.: seecoww'c.] A comic 
actor or singer. 
comitalia (kom-i-ta'li-a), n. pi. [NL., neut. pi. 
of "comitalis, < L. comes (comit-), a companion. 
Cf. ML. comitialis, belonging to a count (ML. 
comes) ; L. comitialis, belonging to the comitia : 
see comes, count 2 , comitia.] In sponges, spicules 
accompanying the fibers. F. E. Schulze. 
comitat (kom'i-tat), n. Same as comitatus, '2. 
The village of Egyed in the comitat of (Edenburg. 
C. 0. Mutter, Manual of Archa;ol. (trans.), 23o. 
comitatet (kom'i-tat), v. t. [< L. comitatus, an 
escort: see comitatus.] To accompany. 
With Pallas young the king associated, 
Achates kinde JSneas comitated. Vicart, . KMC i< I. 
comitatus (kom-i-ta'tus), n. ; pi. comitatus. [L. 
comitatus, an escort, an attending multitude, 
later an imperial escort, ML. the followers of 
any feudal lord, etc. ; < comes (comit-), a com- 
panion, etc. : see count 2 .] 1. A body of com- 
panions or attendants; an escort; specifically, 
in Roman and medieval times, a body of noble 
youth or comites about the person of a prince 
or chieftain. They were equipped, trained, and sup 
ported by the chief, and in return fought for him in war, 
and were bound in honor not to desert him. 
The comitatus, or personal following of the king or eal- 
dorman. Stubbs, Const. Hist, 37. 
There aeems to be no doubt that the first aristocracy 
springing from kingly favour consisted of the Comitatus or 
Companions of the King. 
Maine, Early Hist, of Institutions, p. 138. 
2. In old Eng. law, a county or shire Posse 
comitatus. See pom. 
comites, n. Plural of comes. 
comitia (ko-mish'ia), n.pl. [L., pi. of comitmm, 
a place of assembly, esp. for voting, < "comire, 
pp. "comitus, uncontracted forms of coire, pp. 
coitus, go together, < co/-, co-, together, + ire, 
go.] 1. In Rom. antiq., assemblies of the people. 
They were of three kiuds : (a) The most ancient assembly, 
that of the 30 curiae, or comitia curiata, in which the old 
1124 
or falling sickness : so called because, if any one was seized 
with it during the comitia or public assemblies in Rome, 
the meeting was broken up, the omen being considered bad. 
So Melancholy turned into Madnes ; 
Into the Palsie, deep-affrighted Sadnes ; 
Th' Il-habitude into the Dropsie chill, 
And Megrim grows to the Comitial- 111. 
Sylvester, tr. of Du Bartas's Weeks, ii., The Furies. 
Our [asaes'J liver, hoofs or bones being reduced to pow- 
der are good, as the naturalists note, against the epilepsy, 
or ("i,/<ti<tl.xicl:nt'ft;e. Hou'ell, Parly of Beasts, p. 2tt. 
comity (kom'i-ti), . [< L. comita(t-)s, < comis, 
courteous, friendly, loving.] 1. Mildness and 
suavity in intercourse ; courtesy; civility. 
It is not so much a matter of comity and courtesy aa of 
paramount moral duty. Story, Conflict of Lawa, | 33. 
2. Iii international law, that courtesy between 
states or nations by which the laws and insti- 
tutions of the one are recognized, and in cer- 
tain cases and under certain limitations given 
effect to, by the government of the other, within 
its territory. 
Comity, as generally understood, is national politeness 
and kindness. But the term aeems to embrace . . . also 
those tokens of respect which are due between nations 
on the ground of right. 
Woolsey, Introd. to Inter. Law, 24. 
A comity which ought to be reciprocated exempts our 
Consula in all other countries from taxation to the extent 
thua indicated. Lincoln, in Raymond, p. 420. 
Judicial comity. See judicial. = Syn. Amenity, suavity, 
politenesa, consideration. 
comma (kom'a), .; pi. commata (-a-ta) iu 
senses 1 and 2, commas in the other senses. [= 
D. G. Dan. Sw. Jcomma = F. comma = Sp. coma 
= Pg. It. comma, < L. comma, < Gr. K6[t[M,a, short 
clause of a sentence, that which is knocked off, 
a piece, the stamp of a die, < K/IKTUV, strike, cut 
off.] 1. In one. gram, and rhet., a group of a 
few words only; a phrase or short clause, 
forming part of a colon or longer clause. 2. 
In anc. pros. : (a) A fragment or smaller sec- 
tion of a colon ; a group of a few words or feet 
not constituting a complete metrical series. 
(6) The part of a dactylic hexameter ending 
with, or that beginning with, the cesura ; also, 
the cesura itself. 3f. A clause. 
In the Moresco catalogue of crimes, adultery and forni- 
cation are found in the first comma. 
L. Addison, Western Barbary, p. 171. 
4f. In rhet., a slight pause between two phrases, 
clauses, or words. 
We vse sometimes to proceede all by single words, with- 
out any close or coupling, sauing that a little pause or 
comma is geuen to euery word. This figure may be called 
In our vulgar the culted comma, for that there cannot be 
a shorter diuision than at euery words end. 
Puttenham, Arte of Eng. Poesie (ed. Arber), p. 222. 
5. In musical acoustics: (a) The interval be- 
tween the octave of a given tone and the tone 
produced by taking six successive whole steps 
from the given tone, represented by the ratios 
(I) 6 : f, or 531441 : 524288. Also called the Py- 
thagorean comma, or comma maxima, (b) The 
interval between the larger and the smaller 
whole steps, represented by the ratio f : -ty", 
or 81 : 80. Also called the Didymic or syntonic 
comma. 6. In punctuation, a point (,) used to 
indicate the smallest interruptions in conti- 
nuity of thought or grammatical construction, 
the marking of which contributes to clearness. 
7. A spot or mark shaped like such a comma. 
8. In entom. : (a) A butterfly, Grapta comma- 
affairs of family and religion, (b) The comitia centuriata, 
the assembly of the whole people by five fiscal classes, di- 
vided into centuries in the form of a military organization, 
according to the property census. There were 193 or 194 
centuries, of which the first class had 98, so that the con- 
trolling vote lay with it. Thia aasembly passed on laws 
and propositions with reference to which the king and the 
senate had the initiative, and had jurisdiction of capital of- 
fenses, (c) The comitia tributa, the assembly of the people 
by tribes or neighborhoods (a local division), 30 later 35 
in number, without reference to rank. This assembly made 
nominations to the magistracy, had certain judicial pow- 
ers extending to the imposition of flues and exile, and 
Toted the laws called plebisrita. Under the empire the 
comitia were deprived of their judicial power, and of all 
influence upon foreign affaire, but retained a voice in the 
nomination or confirmation of certain magistrates. 
2f. [Used as a singular.] An assembly. 
No rogue at a comitia of the canters 
Did ever there become his parent's robes 
Better than I do these. 
B. Jonmn, Staple of News, v. 1. 
3f. [Used as a singular.] In the English uni- 
versities, same as act, 5. 
comitial (ko-mish'ial), a. [< L. comitialis, < co- 
mitia: see comitia" Cf. comitalia.] 1. Of or 
pertaining to the comitia, or popular assemblies 
of the Romans for electing officers and passing 
laws. 2. Pertaining to an order of Presby- 
terian assemblies. B)>. Bancroft. Comitial lilt, 
comitial sickness* (Latin morb.ua comitialit), epilepsy 
mark on the under side of the wings. (6) leap. 
[NL.] A genus of lepidopterous insects. Ren- 
nie, 1832 Comma bacillus. See bacillus, 3. 
commaculatet (ko-mak'u-lat), v . t. [< L. eom- 
maculatiis, pp. of commaculare, pollute, < cow- 
Intensive) + maeulare, spot: see maculate.] 
To pollute ; spot. 
Detesting sinne, that doth commaculate 
The soule of man. 
The Times' Whistle (E. E. T. S.), p. 98. 
command (ko-mand'), . [< ME. commanden, 
commaunden, commonly comanden, = D. kom- 
manderen = Gr. commandiren = Da.n. kommandere 
= Sw. kommandera, < OF. commander, com- 
monly comander, cumander, F. commander = 
Pr. Sp. comandar = Pg. <xnmandar= It. coman- 
dare, command, < ML. commandare, command, 
order, the same word, without vowel-change, 
as commendare, command, order, also, as in 
L., intrust, commend, < com- (intensive) + man- 
dare, commit, intrust, enjoin : see mandate. Cf. 
commend.] I. trans. 1. To order or direct 
with authority ; give an order or orders to ; re- 
quire obedience of; lay injunction upon; or- 
der; charge : with a person as direct object. 
The state commanded him out of that territory In three 
hours' warning, and he hath now submitted himself, and 
is returned as prisoner for Mantua. Donne, Letters, xxxvi. 
command 
The darke commanded vs then to rest. 
Quoted in C'apt. John Smith' i True Travels, I. 189. 
Specifically 2. To have or to exercise su- 
preme power or authority, especially military 
or naval authority, over ; have under direction 
or control ; determine the actions, use, or course 
of : as, to command an army or a ship. 
Those he commands move only in command, 
Nothing in love. Shak., Macbeth, v. 2. 
Thou hast commanded men of might; 
Command thyself, and then them art right 
Fletcher, The Pilgrim, v. 4. 
3. To require with authority ; demand; order; 
enjoin: with a thing as direct object: as, he 
commanded silence. 
If thou be the Sou of God, command that these stom-s 
lie made bread. Mat. iv. 3. 
Defaming as impure what God declares 
Pure, and commands to aome, leaves free to all. 
Milton, P. L., iv. 747. 
4. To have within the range of one's (its) 
power or within the sphere of influence ; domi- 
nate through ability, resources, position, etc., 
often specifically through military power or 
position ; hence, have within the range of the 
eye ; overlook. 
The haughty Dane commands the narrow seas. 
tlarlou-e, Edward II., it 2. 
The other (key) doth command a little door. 
Shak., M. forM., iv. 1. 
Up to the eastern tower, 
Whose height commands as subject all the vale. 
Shak., T. and C., i. 2. 
One side commands a view of the finest garden in the 
world. Addison, Guardian, No. 101. 
A cross of stone, 
That, on a hillock standing lone, 
Did all the field command. 
Scott, Marmion, vi. 22. 
My harp would prelude woe, 
I cannot all command the strings. 
Tennyson, In Memoriam, Ixxxviii. 
6f. To bestow by exercise of controlling power. 
The Lord shall command the blessing upon thee. 
Dent, xxviii. 8. 
6. To exact, compel, or secure by moral influ- 
ence; challenge; claim: as, a good magistrate 
commands the respect and affections of the 
people. 
It [criticism] haa been the road to fame and profit, and 
has commanded both applause and guineas, when the un- 
fortunate objects of it nave been blessed with neither. 
W'hipple, Esa. and Rev., I. 10. 
7. To have at one's disposal and service. 
Such aid as I can spare you shall command. 
Shak., 2Hen.'VI., iv. 6. 
8f. To intrust ; commit ; commend. See com- 
mend. 
Kynge -Ban and his brother arayed hem to move the 
thirde day, and Comaunded theire londes In the kepynge 
of Leonces, and Pharien, that was theire cosyn germayn, 
and a gode man and right a trewe. 
Merlin (E. E. T. 8.), ii. 130. 
= Syn. To bid, govern, rule, control. See enjoin. 
II. intrans. 1. To act as or have the author- 
ity of a commander. 
Virtue he had, deserving to command. 
Shak., 1 Hen. VI., i. 1. 
2. To exercise influence or power. 
Not muaic so commands, nor so the muse. Crabbe. 
3. To be in a superior or commanding position. 
A princely Castle in the mid'st commands, 
Invincible for strength and for delight. 
J. Beavmont, Psyche, ii. 198. 
command (ko-mand'), n. [= F. commands = 
Sp. It. comando = Pg. commando, command; 
from the verb. Hence also (from E.) Hind, ka- 
mdn, (from It.) Turk, qomanda, command.] 1. 
The right or authority to order, control, or dis- 
pose of ; the right to be obeyed or to compel 
obedience : as, to have command of an army. 
Whiles yet my soldiers are in my command. 
Shak., Hen. V., iil. 3. 
2. Possession of controlling authority, force, 
or capacity; power of control, direction, or 
disposal; mastery: as, he had command of the 
situation ; England has long held command of 
the sea ; a good command of language. 
I have some money ready under my command. 
Beau, and Fl., Honest Man 'a Fortune, U. 2. 
What an eye, 
Of what a full command she bears ! 
Fletcher (and another), Love'a Pilgrimage, iii. 2. 
He assumed an absolute command over his readers. 
Dryden. 
Never had any writer so vast a command of the whole 
eloquence of scorn, misanthropy, and despair. 
Macaulay, Moore's Byron. 
3. A position of chief authority ; a position in- 
volving the right or power to order or control : 
