\Com*mune"\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Communed}; p. pr. &
vb. n. {Communing}.] [OF. communier, fr. L. communicare to
communicate, fr. communis common. See {Common}, and cf.
{Communicate}.]
1. To converse together with sympathy and confidence; to
   interchange sentiments or feelings; to take counsel.

         I would commune with you of such things That want no
         ear but yours.                        --Shak.

2. To receive the communion; to partake of the eucharist or
   Lord's supper.

         To commune under both kinds.          --Bp. Burnet.

{To commune with one's self} or {one's heart}, to think; to
   reflect; to meditate.

\Com"mune\, n.
Communion; sympathetic intercourse or conversation between
friends.

      For days of happy commune dead.          --Tennyson.

\Com"mune\, n. [F., fr. commun. See {Common}.]
1. The commonalty; the common people. [Obs.] --Chaucer.

         In this struggle -- to use the technical words of
         the time -- of the ``commune'', the general mass of
         the inhabitants, against the ``prudhommes'' or
         ``wiser'' few.                        --J. R. Green.

2. A small territorial district in France under the
   government of a mayor and municipal council; also, the
   inhabitants, or the government, of such a district. See
   {Arrondissement}.

3. Absolute municipal self-government.

{The Commune of Paris}, or {The Commune}
   (a) The government established in Paris (1792-94) by a
       usurpation of supreme power on the part of
       representatives chosen by the communes; the period of
       its continuance is known as the ``Reign of Terror.''
   (b) The revolutionary government, modeled on the commune
       of 1792, which the communists, so called, attempted to
       establish in 1871.