To make common or to share in common; to put into common use or ownership (archaic).
From en- (causative prefix) + common (from Latin communis, shared). The prefix en- makes it a verb meaning 'to cause to become common' or 'to make into a commons.'
This forgotten verb appears in medieval English legal texts about 'encommoning' land—turning private property into shared commons. It's the opposite of modern 'enclosure,' showing how the same root (common/communis) supported both communal and private land systems.
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