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First published 1937 (DOST Vol. I).
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Commute, v. [L. commūtāre. App. not Eng. before 17th c.] tr. To exchange, transmute. —1490 Irland Mir. I. 49/26.
The eternall pane of hell … is commvtit and chavngit in temporale pane