discommon

transitive verb

dis·​common

də̇s,

(ˈ)dis+

1

obsolete : to exclude or banish from a community of interest

specifically : to deprive of citizenship or of church fellowship

2

at Oxford and Cambridge Universities : to forbid (a tradesman) to deal with undergraduates

3

a

: to deprive of the right of common (as of pasture)

b

: to deprive of commonable quality (as land by enclosing it)

Word History

Etymology

Middle English discomenen, from dis- entry 1 + comen, commun common (noun)

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