Main Entry:

¹com·mune

Pronunciation:

\kə-ˈmyün\

Function:

verb

Inflected Form(s):

com·muned; com·mun·ing

Etymology:

Middle English, to share, receive Communion, from Anglo-French communer, cummunier, from Late Latin communicare, from Latin

Date:

15th century

transitive verbobsolete : talk over, discuss <have more to commune — Shakespeare>intransitive verb1: to receive Communion2: to communicate intimately <commune with nature>