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

common \com"mon\, a. compar. commoner; superl. commonest.
   oe. commun, comon, of. comun, f. commun, fr. l. communis;
   com- + munis ready to be of service; cf. skr. mi to make
   fast, set up, build, goth. gamains common, g. gemein, and e.
   mean low, common. cf. immunity, commune, n.  v.
   1. belonging or relating equally, or similarly, to more than
      one; as, you and i have a common interest in the property.
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            though life and sense be common to men and brutes.
                                                  --sir m. hale.
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   2. belonging to or shared by, affecting or serving, all the
      members of a class, considered together; general; public;
      as, properties common to all plants; the common schools;
      the book of common prayer.
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            such actions as the common good requireth. --hooker.
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            the common enemy of man.              --shak.
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   3. often met with; usual; frequent; customary.
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            grief more than common grief.         --shak.
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   4. not distinguished or exceptional; inconspicuous; ordinary;
      plebeian; -- often in a depreciatory sense.
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            the honest, heart-felt enjoyment of common life.
                                                  --w. irving.
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            this fact was infamous
            and ill beseeming any common man,
            much more a knight, a captain and a leader. --shak.
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            above the vulgar flight of common souls. --a.
                                                  murphy.
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   5. profane; polluted. obs.
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            what god hath cleansed, that call not thou common.
                                                  --acts x. 15.
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   6. given to habits of lewdness; prostitute.
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            a dame who herself was common.        --l'estrange.
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   common bar law same as blank bar, under blank.

   common barrator law, one who makes a business of
      instigating litigation.

   common bench, a name sometimes given to the english court
      of common pleas.

   common brawler law, one addicted to public brawling and
      quarreling. see brawler.

   common carrier law, one who undertakes the office of
      carrying goods or persons for hire. such a carrier is
      bound to carry in all cases when he has accommodation, and
      when his fixed price is tendered, and he is liable for all
      losses and injuries to the goods, except those which
      happen in consequence of the act of god, or of the enemies
      of the country, or of the owner of the property himself.
      

   common chord mus., a chord consisting of the fundamental
      tone, with its third and fifth.

   common council, the representative legislative body, or
      the lower branch of the representative body, of a city or
      other municipal corporation.

   common crier, the crier of a town or city.

   common divisor math., a number or quantity that divides
      two or more numbers or quantities without a remainder; a
      common measure.

   common gender gram., the gender comprising words that may
      be of either the masculine or the feminine gender.

   common law, a system of jurisprudence developing under the
      guidance of the courts so as to apply a consistent and
      reasonable rule to each litigated case. it may be
      superseded by statute, but unless superseded it controls.
      --wharton.

   note: it is by others defined as the unwritten law
         especially of england, the law that receives its
         binding force from immemorial usage and universal
         reception, as ascertained and expressed in the
         judgments of the courts. this term is often used in
         contradistinction from statute law. many use it to
         designate a law common to the whole country. it is also
         used to designate the whole body of english or other
         law, as distinguished from its subdivisions, local,
         civil, admiralty, equity, etc. see law.

   common lawyer, one versed in common law.

   common lewdness law, the habitual performance of lewd
      acts in public.

   common multiple arith. see under multiple.

   common noun gram., the name of any one of a class of
      objects, as distinguished from a proper noun the name of
      a particular person or thing.

   common nuisance law, that which is deleterious to the
      health or comfort or sense of decency of the community at
      large.

   common pleas, one of the three superior courts of common
      law at westminster, presided over by a chief justice and
      four puisne judges. its jurisdiction is confined to civil
      matters. courts bearing this title exist in several of the
      united states, having, however, in some cases, both civil
      and criminal jurisdiction extending over the whole state.
      in other states the jurisdiction of the common pleas is
      limited to a county, and it is sometimes called a county
      court. its powers are generally defined by statute.

   common prayer, the liturgy of the church of england, or of
      the protestant episcopal church of the united states,
      which all its clergy are enjoined to use. it is contained
      in the book of common prayer.

   common school, a school maintained at the public expense,
      and open to all.

   common scold law, a woman addicted to scolding
      indiscriminately, in public.

   common seal, a seal adopted and used by a corporation.

   common sense.
      a a supposed sense which was held to be the common bond
          of all the others. obs. --trench.
      b sound judgment. see under sense.

   common time mus., that variety of time in which the
      measure consists of two or of four equal portions.

   in common, equally with another, or with others; owned,
      shared, or used, in community with others; affecting or
      affected equally.

   out of the common, uncommon; extraordinary.

   tenant in common, one holding real or personal property in
      common with others, having distinct but undivided
      interests. see joint tenant, under joint.

   to make common cause with, to join or ally one's self with.

   syn: general; public; popular; national; universal; frequent;
        ordinary; customary; usual; familiar; habitual; vulgar;
        mean; trite; stale; threadbare; commonplace. see
        mutual, ordinary, general.
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see also:
commoner commonest immunity commune common bar blank bar 
blank common barrator common bench common brawler brawler 
common carrier common chord common council common crier common divisor 
common gender common law statute law law common lawyer 
common lewdness common multiple multiple common noun common nuisance 
common pleas county court common prayer common school common scold 
common seal common sense sense common time in common 
out of the common tenant in common joint tenant joint to make common cause with 
mutual ordinary general 

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

cause \cause\ kaddz, n. f. cause, fr. l. causa. cf.
   cause, v., kickshaw.
   1. that which produces or effects a result; that from which
      anything proceeds, and without which it would not exist.
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            cause is substance exerting its power into act, to
            make one thing begin to be.           --locke.
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   2. that which is the occasion of an action or state; ground;
      reason; motive; as, cause for rejoicing.
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   3. sake; interest; advantage. obs.
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            i did it not for his cause.           --2 cor. vii.
                                                  12.
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   4. law a suit or action in court; any legal process by
      which a party endeavors to obtain his claim, or what he
      regards as his right; case; ground of action.
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   5. any subject of discussion or debate; matter; question;
      affair in general.
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            what counsel give you in this weighty cause --shak.
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   6. the side of a question, which is espoused, advocated, and
      upheld by a person or party; a principle which is
      advocated; that which a person or party seeks to attain.
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            god befriend us, as our cause is just. --shak.
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            the part they take against me is from zeal to the
            cause.                                --burke.
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   efficient cause, the agent or force that produces a change
      or result.

   final cause, the end, design, or object, for which anything
      is done.

   formal cause, the elements of a conception which make the
      conception or the thing conceived to be what it is; or the
      idea viewed as a formative principle and cooperating with
      the matter.

   material cause, that of which anything is made.

   proximate cause. see under proximate.

   to make common cause with, to join with in purposes and
      aims. --macaulay.

   syn: origin; source; mainspring; motive; reason; incitement;
        inducement; purpose; object; suit; action.
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see also:
cause kickshaw efficient cause final cause formal cause material cause 
proximate cause proximate to make common cause with 

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