commerced

Variant of commerce

noun

  1. the buying and selling of goods, esp. when done on a large scale between cities, states, or countries; trade
  2. social intercourse
  3. Rare sexual intercourse

Origin: Fr < L commercium < com-, together + merx, merchandise: see market

intransitive verb commerced, commercing

Archaic to have personal dealings (with)
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