From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Commute \Com*mute"\, verb (used without an object)
1. To obtain or bargain for exemption or substitution; to effect a commutation.
He . . . thinks it unlawful to commute, and that he is bound to pay his vow in kind. --Jer. Taylor.
2. To pay, or arrange to pay, in gross instead of part by part; as, to commute for a year's travel over a route.
3. to travel regularly from a place of residence to another place, such as where one's daily work is performed. Often, such travel is performed between a suburb and a nearby city; as, to commute to work. [PJC]
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Commute \Com*mute"\ (k[o^]m*m[=u]t"), verb (used with an object) [imp. & p. p. {Commuted}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Commuting}.] [L. commutare, -mutatum; com- + mutare to change. See {Mutation}.]
1. To exchange; to put or substitute something else in place of, as a smaller penalty, obligation, or payment, for a greater, or a single thing for an aggregate; hence, to lessen; to diminish; as, to commute a sentence of death to one of imprisonment for life; to commute tithes; to commute charges for fares.
The sounds water and fire, being once annexed to those two elements, it was certainly more natural to call beings participating of the first ''watery'', and the last ''fiery'', than to commute the terms, and call them by the reverse. --J. Harris
The utmost that could be obtained was that her sentence should be commuted from burning to beheading. --Macaulay.
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
verb
1: transpose and remain equal in value; "These operators commute with each other" [syn: {transpose}]
2: travel back and forth regularly, as between one's place of work and home [syn: {travel back and forth}]
3: change the order or arrangement of; "Dyslexics often transpose letters in a word" [syn: {permute}, {transpose}]
4: exchange a penalty for a less severe one [syn: {convert}, {exchange}]
5: exchange or replace with another, usually of the same kind or category; "Could you convert my dollars into pounds?"; "He changed his name"; "convert centimeters into inches"; "convert holdings into shares" [syn: {change}, {exchange}, {convert}]
From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:
69 Moby Thesaurus words for "commute": alternate, bandy, be quits with, change, change for, compensate, compound for, convert, cooperate, counterchange, course, cover ground, dub in, exchange, fare, fare forth, fetch, flit, flow, gang, get back at, get even with, give and take, give place to, go, go along, hie, interchange, logroll, make do with, make way for, metamorphose, move, move along, move on, offer in exchange, pass, pay back, permute, progress, put up with, reciprocate, redeem, requite, respond, retaliate, return, return the compliment, ring in, roll, roll on, run, sashay, shift with, stream, substitute, swap, switch, take in exchange, trade, transfer, transfigure, translate, transmogrify, transmute, transpose, travel, wayfare, wend
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