v. rare. [f. COMMON + -IZE: cf. fraternize.]
1. intr. (University colloq.) To combine ‘commons,’ so as to form a joint meal.
1865. Cornh. Mag., Feb., 226. It is a very common plan for two or more men to ‘commonize’ … at breakfast; each man having his ‘commons,’ bread and butter from the buttery, put into a common stock.
2. trans. To make common or vulgar. (U.S.)
