(definition) by Webster 1913 Tue Dec 21 1999 at 22:37:08

Com*mut"a*tive (?), a. [CF. F. commutatif.]

Relative to exchange; interchangeable; reciprocal.

-- Com*mut"a*tive"ly, adv.

Rich traders, from their success, are presumed . . . to have cultivated an habitual regard to commutative justice. Burke.

 

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