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(archaic) To ridicule or mock. / (transitive) To mock repeatedly; flout. / (transitive) To cause to appear as if mock or unreal; excel or surpass, as the genuine surpasses the counterfeit.

simple past tense and past participle of commune

(transitive) To ascribe existence to. / (transitive) To believe that (something) is right or desirable. / (transitive) To have confidence in the ability or power of.