com-mando, no perf., sum, ĕre, v. a.,
to chew (late Lat.): frondes myrti, Ser. Samm. 36, 684: radix commansa, Marc. Emp. 8.
·add. ·vt In South Africa, a military body or command; also, sometimes, an expedition or raid; as, a...
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