Common, kom'-mun, a

belonging equally to more than one, or romany indefinitely; belonging to all; public; general; frequent; usual; of little value of low or no rank; vulgar; of verbs, both active and pa ive; of nouns, both masculine and feminine, also applicable to a whole cla [Gram.]: s. a tract of open ground, the common property of all the members of a community; conjoint po e ion [Law]: v.n. to have a joint right in some common ground; to board together. A common divisor or measure, a quantity which divides two or more quantities without leaving a remainder [Math.] Common prayer, the liturgical formulary of the Church of England. Common time, those varieties of time in which each measure is divided into two or four equal parts [Mus.] (L.com, and munis, serving, obliging.) Commonly,kom'-mule, ad. usually. Commonne , kom'-mun-nes, s. the quality or state of being common or usual.