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 Combinage: m. A combination, coupling; vniting, or ioyning of paires; or of seuerall things, together.

Comble: m. Fulnesse, aboundance, heaped measure; the chiefe point, whole summe, summarie, or accomplishment of; also, the roofe of a house, &c.  De fonds en comble. Fully, wholly, throughly; vtterly; from the top to the bottome.

Comblé: m. ée: f. Heaped full of, or filled vp with; also, fullfilled, accomplished; made, or closed vp; rooved, roofed.

Comble: com. Full to the top; or vp to the roofe.

Combleau: m. A great cable, vsed about the carriage of a peece of ordnance; wee call it, the breeching.

Comblement: m. A heaping, vp-filling, or filling vp to the top; a fulfilling, accomplishing; making, or closing, vp.

Combler. To fill, or heape, vp; also, to accomplish, fulfill; saciate; make, or close, vp.  Celuy est bien mon Oncle qui le ventre me comble: Prov. Hee's my best vncle, who fills my bellie most.

Comblette: f. The cleft, or diuision of a red Deeres foot.

Combourgeois: m. A fellow citizen.

Combourgeoisie: f. Fellow-bourgesseship; a communitie of freedome betweene th' inhabitants of one citie; or betweene two cities, and their inhabitants.

Combré: in stead of Cambré: (in some editions of Bartas.) Combrecelle: f. A tumbling tricke, or Sommer-sault, wherein the heeles are cast ouer the head; also, reciprocation of venerie.

Combresselle. The same.

Combustible: com. Combustible, soone fired, easie to be burned.

Combustion: f. A combustion, burning, or consuming with fire; also, a tumult; and hence;  Entrer en combustion avec. To make a stirre, to raise an vprore, to keepe an old coyle against.

Comedie: f. A Comedie; a Play, or Enterlude (that begins in dissention, or sorrow, and ends with agreement or meriment.) Comestible: com. Comestible, eatable, fit to bee eaten.

Comete: f. A commet, or blazing starre.

Comette: f. as Comete. Cometteux: m. euse: f. Like vnto a commet; of a commet; or full of commets.

Comic. as Comique. Comin: m. The hearbe Cummine.

Comique: com. A Comedian, Player, Stage-Player.

Comique: com. Comicall; Comedie-like; of, or belonging to, a Comedie; intreated of in Comedies.

Comite: m. The Captaine, Gouernour, or Maister of a Gallie; or, an Officer that lookes to the sure chaining of the slaues; whom sometimes he incourages, but more commonly scourges, vnto their businesse; also, the Bote-*swaine of a ship.

Command: m. Commaund, power, authoritie; the absolute sway, rule, or disposition of a thing; also, a Mandamus, or an Iniunction for possession, &c; also, an inioyner, commaunder.

Commande: f. as Commende; Also, the maine, or maister cable of a ship, whereby it is moored fast vnto a key, &c; also, a thing left in trust with, or committed vnto the charge of, another. Droict de commande. ''ij. d. Parisis taken yearely by some Lords of euerie one of their widowes (that holds by Villenage) in acknowledgement, and preseruation, of the right of their authoritie ouer them.''

Commandé: m. ée: f. Commaunded, bidden; charged; appointed, prescribed, inioyned; also, ruled, gouerned, domineered ouer; also, recommended, or committed ouer vnto the charge, or care of.

Commandement: m. A charge, commaund, precept, rule, commaundement, prescription, appointment; also, a Proclamation, Mandamus, decree, or ordinance, passing from such as are in authoritie.

Commander. To commaund, bid, charge, appoint, prescribe, inioyne vnto; also, to rule, sway, gouerne, commaund; also, to recommend, or to commit ouer vnto the care of another.  Commander à baguette. To commaund absolutely, wholly, peremptorily.  À Dieu vous command. God be with you; fare you well.

Commanderesse: f. A commaundresse, gouernesse, ruleresse; also, authoritie, rule, commaund.

Commanderie: f. A commaunderie, or commaundership; the place, or office of a Commaunder (of one of the Orders.) Commandeur: m. A commaunder, bidder, appointer; prescriber of lawes vnto others; also, a Commaunder, Ruler, Gouernor, Maister, ouer others.   Commandeurs de l'Ordre du S. Esprit. ''Are ix. viz. Foure Cardinals, th' Amner, and foure other Prelates of note; who haue greater authoritie, and larger priuiledges, than the knights, or the rest of the brethren of that order.''

Comme: f. See Gomme. Comme. As, euen as, euen like as, much like vnto, as much as.  Comme à cette heure. About this time aday.  Comme ainsi fust que. It being so, or, admit it were so.   Comme celà. Thereabouts.  Comme en serois ie si &c. ''In what a case, in what a pickle, in what tearmes should I be? how should I doe it, what course should I take, what shift should I make, if, &c.''

Commedial: m. A fine, or merie, discourse.

Commemorable: com. Commemorable, memorable, worthie to be mencioned, fit to be remembred.

Commemoration: f. A commemoration, mentioning, rehearsing, remembring, putting in mind of.

Commemoré: m. ée: f. Commemorated, mentioned, remembred; rehearsed, recorded.

Commemorer. To commemorate, remember, mention, rehearse; record; also, to aduertise, or put in mind of.

Commencé: m. ée: f. Commenced, begun, vndertaken, entred into.

Commencement: m. A beginning, a commencement, an ouerture, an entrance into.  Commencement n'est pas fusée: Pro. Things are not done as soone as begun; or, things are not therfore compassed because they are vndertaken.  À tout il y a commencement; ou; il y a commencement par tout: Prov. Euerie thing hath a beginning.  Sur petit commencement on fait grande fusée: Prov. Of small beginnings are great matters raised.  Vn fol fait tousiours le commencement: Prov. The foole begins, but perfects not, a worke; when hee hath begun, he hath done.

Commencer. To commence, begin, take in hand, vnder-*