common adj. (all the foll. are common uses)
1.
belonging equally to more than one, or to all
mankind
1H4 II. i. 104
“homo is a name to all
men”
(cf. the grammatical term ‘common
noun’),
Mac. III. i. 69
“the common enemy of
man.”
2.
belonging to the
community at large, free to everyone, public Wiv. IV. v. 125,
Meas. IV. ii. 9
“a
executioner,”
AYL. II. iii. 33
“the road,”
Cæs. I. iii. 15,
III. i. 80; “
right,” the right of every citizen
Meas. II. iii. 5;
prostituted Ado IV. i. 65.
3.
general All'sW. II. v. 58, 2H6 I. i. 207, Cor. II. iii. 100;
generally known or spoken of
John IV. ii. 187
“common in their
mouths.”
4.
usual, prevalent
Gent. V. iv. 62, Sonn. cii. 12.
5.
ordinary,
undistinguished
1H6 IV. i. 31
“any man,”
3H6 I. i. 9
“common
soldiers,”
Ven. 293
“So did this horse excel
a one;
common sense,”
ordinary or untutored perception LLL. I. i. 57.
6.
belonging to the
commonalty, of the people or the multitude Err. III. i. 101, 2H4 I. iii. 97,
Cor. I. vi. 43
“The common
file,”
Lr. V. iii. 50.
