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▪ I. interˈcommon, v. Forms: 5 entercomen, entrecomon, entyrcomyn, 7 entercommon, 6– intercommon, (6 Sc. -oun, -one). [ad. AF. entrecomuner (Godef.), f. entre- (inter- 1 b) + comuner to common, commune; see these verbs, and cf. intercommune.] †1. intr. To have intercourse, common dealings, or relations with others, or with each other; to associate with or together (cf. common v. 4); esp. in Sc. Law, to have correspondence or dealings with (outlaws, etc.). Obs.
c1430Lydg. Hors, Shepe & G. (Roxb.) 26 That one lacketh, nature hath geue to another..Entercomen therefore as broder doth with broder. 1448Leg. March. c. 3 in Scot. Stat. (1844) I. App. iv. 305/2 Þat na maner of persoun..sal intercomoun with ony Inglis man or woman. 1583Golding Calvin on Deut. xi. 63 Mony..is that thing whereby men intercommon among themselues. 1592Sc. Acts Jas. VI, c. 144 Nane of our Soveraine Lordis lieges sal presume to receipt, supplie, or intercommoun with them [traitors, etc.]. 1675Penn Eng. Pres. Interest 15 The Brittains and Saxons began to grow tame to each other, and intercommon amicably. †2. intr. Sc. To hold conversation or discourse with; to take counsel together. (Cf. common v. 6.)
1536Bellenden Cron. Scot. (1821) I. 194 The moder, desiring to bring hir sonnis to concord, tuke freindis to intercommone on thir debaitis. 1578Sc. Acts Jas. VI (1814) III. 105 To confer treat and intercommone with thame vpoun the confirmatioun of all testamentis within this realme. 3. intr. To share in the use of the same common. (Cf. common v. 9.)
1598Kitchin Courts Leet (1675) 210 Inhabitants cannot prescribe to Intercommon. 1679Blount Anc. Tenures 145 When Horned Beasts of several adjoyning Parishes do promiscuously intercommon together. 1694Collier Ess. Mor. Subj. i. (1703) 118 Where there are no Inclosures, all People may intercommon, without Preference or Ceremony. 1767Blackstone Comm. II. iii. 33 Common because of vicinage..is where the inhabitants of two townships, which lie contiguous to each other, have usually intercommoned with one another. 1874Sir G. Jessel in Law Rep. Eq. Cas. XIX. 160 The end parish in this case could by no means intercommon with the parish at the other end. †4. intr. To share or participate with others, or mutually. (Cf. common v. 3.) Obs.
1626Bacon Sylva § 55 The Spirits of the Wine, doe prey vpon the Roscide Juyce of the Body, and inter-common with the Spirits of the Body, and so deceiue and rob them of their Nourishment. a1661Fuller Worthies, Hartfordsh. ii. (1662) 22 He lived and dyed Childlesse, entercommoning therein with many Worthies, who are..either improlifick, or have Children in genitorum vituperium. Ibid., London 197 He and hogs did in some sort entercommon both in their diet and lodging. †5. trans. Sc. Law. To denounce by ‘letters of intercommuning’; hence, to prohibit (a person) from intercourse or communication; to outlaw. (Cf. intercommoning vbl. n. 2.) Obs.
a1715Burnet Own Time (1766) II. 17 The numbers and desperate tempers of those who were intercommoned. 1717De Foe Mem. Ch. Scot. i. 8 Citing Paul Meffen of Dundee, before them, and he not appearing, was intercommoned; that is, every one was forbid to harbour, or relieve him, or converse with him, on severe Penalties. ▪ II. † interˈcommon, n. Obs. Also 5 entircomyn, entercomen. [f. prec.] The act, practice, or right of intercommoning (esp. in sense 3).
1449in Rymer Foedera (1710) XI. 244 Have..Entircomyn in the Landez Pasturez and Medues. c1470Harding Chron. cxl. i, The Soudan toke a trewce wt Kyng Richard..to bye all marchandise, And sell and passe saufly thitherward To the sepulcre..With entercomen, as then it did suffice. 1655–6in J. C. Hodgson Hist. Northumberland (1897) IV. 138 [The award of the arbitrators..confirmed to] the tenants of the town of Anick intercommon on Acomb fell. |