Merriam-Webster Collegiate Dictionary - commune

 I. verb  (~d; communing)  Etymology: Middle English, to share, receive Communion, from Anglo-French ~r, cummunier, from Late Latin communicare, from Latin  Date: 15th century  transitive verb obsolete talk over, discuss have more to ~ — Shakespeare  intransitive verb  1. to receive Communion  2. to communicate intimately ~ with nature  II. noun  Etymology: French, alteration of Middle French comugne, from Medieval Latin communia, from Latin, neuter plural of communis  Date: 1673  1. the smallest administrative district of many countries especially in Europe  2. commonalty 1a  3. community: as  a. a medieval usually municipal corporation  b.  (1) mir  (2) an often rural community organized on a communal basis