commute

v. மாற்றிப்பெறு, கொடுத்துவாங்கு, கடுமை குறைந்த தண்டனைக்கு மாற்று, தண்டனையைக் குறை, ஒன்றுக்கொன்றாக இனமாற்று, பொருள் கொடுக்கல் வாங்கல் மாற்றீடு செய், கடமை மாற்றீடு செய், இருதிசை மின்னோட்டத்தை ஒருதிசை மின்னோட்டமாக்கு அல்லது மாற்றி அமை.

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Com*mute", v. t. [imp. & p. p. Commuted; p. pr. & vb. n. Commuting.] Etym: [L. commutare, -mutatum; com- + mutare to change. See Mutation.] Defn: To exchange; to put or substitute something else in place of, as a smaller penalty, obligation, or payment, for a greater, or a single thing for an aggregate; hence; to lessen; to diminish; as, to commute a sentence of death to one of imprisonment for life; to commute tithes; to commute charges for fares. The sounds water and fire, being once annexed to those two elements, it was certainly more natural to call beings participating of the first "watery", and the last "fiery", than to commute the terms, and call them by the reverse. J. Harris The utmost that could be obtained was that her sentence should be commuted from burning to beheading. Macaulay. Com*mute", v. i. 1. To obtain or bargain for exemption or substitution; to effect a commutation. He . . . thinks it unlawful to commute, and that he is bound to pay his vow in kind. Jer. Taylor. 2. To pay, or arrange to pay, in gross instead of part by part; as, to commute for a year's travel over a route.