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- verb Present participle of
commonplace .
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Examples
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All its studies were arranged with reference to that object: endless expositions of Scripture, catechetical divinity, "commonplacing" of sermons, -- already, one fancies, sufficiently commonplace, -- Chaldee, Syriac, Hebrew without points, and other Semitic exasperations.
The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 18, No. 107, September, 1866 Various
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Indeed, there's something about promiscuous online bookmarking and highlighting that seems antithetical to commonplacing.
This column will change your life: Make a book of your own 2010
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It can be a risky thing, however, this commonplacing, and he would be a bold man who dared to assign unto any one writer a popular phrase for no other reason than that this one has first expressed it in writing.
The Book-Hunter at Home P. B. M. Allan
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Forgotten treasures of the last century, from 25 writers. commonplacing & the modern longue durée.
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