To exclude from using a commonable resource, such as land.
To exclude from using a commonable resource, such as land.
Let them be separated, let not me separate myself; Let the wicked be '''discommon'd''', not the godly, for the godly are in the right, and may stand in it as a man at his own table in his own house, or in his own ground;
"discommon" means: To exclude from using a commonable resource, such as land.. This is a fairly neutral word with no inherent risk attached. There is no real cause for parental concern; it is descriptive vocabulary rather than something dangerous. If your child uses it, context will usually make the meaning clear. A brief, curious question about where they heard it is generally enough to know whether to follow up.
"discommon" means: To exclude from using a commonable resource, such as land.. This is a fairly neutral word with no inherent risk attached. There is no real cause for parental concern; it is descriptive vocabulary rather than something dangerous. If your child uses it, context will usually make the meaning clear. A brief, curious question about where they heard it is generally enough to know whether to follow up.
Slang is read by different audiences for very different reasons. The For parents view re-explains the term in plain, non-judgemental language so a caregiver can understand what their child means without needing the surrounding subculture. The For English learners view focuses on register (when it's safe to use), formal alternatives, and common mistakes — what a textbook won't teach you.
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UK and Irish slang — Cockney, Scouse, Geordie, Yorkshire, Glaswegian, Brummie, Welsh, West Country, plus Irish English. Centuries of regional dialects feeding into modern British and Irish street talk.
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(obsolete, UK, legal) To graze cattle indiscriminately in the commons of each other, as the inhabitants of adjoining townships, manors, etc.
(legal, UK, obsolete) The right or privilege of intercommoning .
(UK, legal) The right of persons occupying lands lying together in the same common field to turn out their cattle to range in it after harvest.
"discommon" means: To exclude from using a commonable resource, such as land.. Register: neutral, standard English, usable in most everyday contexts. A common non-native mistake is to use the word in the wrong register, or to assume one fixed meaning when it is actually polysemous; always check the surrounding register and the audience before producing it yourself. In formal writing, prefer a neutral synonym or a short descriptive phrase, and use this word only when you have heard or read it being used naturally in a comparable context.
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(historical, UK) To deprive of the privilege of citizenship of a town or city.
I know we may by way of admonition, before hand, tell them of the danger, and by way of perswasion presse them better to prepare themselves: but wee may not for their sakes discommon our selves from the table of the Lord .
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(historical, legal) To deprive (lands etc.) of commonable quality, by enclosing or appropriating.
Whiles thou discommonest thy neighbours keyne, And warn'st that none feed on thy field saue thine;."
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