commutate

• POS: Verb (transitive)
• HYPHEN: com=mu=tate

OXFORD DICTIONARY

commutate, v.tr. Electr.
1 regulate the direction of (an alternating current), esp. to make it a direct current.
2 reverse the direction (of an electric current).

Etymology

L commutare commutat- (as COMMUTE)

ROGET THESAURUS

commutate

Barter

VB barter, exchange, swap, swop, truck, scorse, interchange, commutate, compound for, trade, traffic, buy and sell, give and take, nundinate, carry on a trade, ply a trade, drive a trade, be in business, be in the city, keep a shop, deal in, employ one's capital in, trade with, deal with, have dealings with, transact business with, do business with, open an account with, keep an account with, bargain, drive a bargain, make a bargain, negotiate, bid for, haggle, higgle, dicker, chaffer, huckster, cheapen, beat down, stickle, stickle for, out bid, under bid, ask, charge, strike a bargain, speculate, give a sprat to catch a herring, buy in the cheapest and sell in the dearest market, buy low and sell high, corner the market, rig the market, stag the market.