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discommon

[ dis-kom-uhn ]

verb (used with object)

  1. (at Oxford and Cambridge) to prohibit (tradespeople or townspeople who have violated the regulations of the university) from dealing with the undergraduates.
  2. Law. to deprive of the character of a common, as by enclosing a piece of land.


discommon

/ dɪsˈkɒmən /

verb

  1. tr law to deprive (land) of the character and status of common, as by enclosure
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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Word History and Origins

Origin of discommon1

1470–80; dis- 1 + obsolete common to participate, associate

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