COMMONPLACE (2)

commonplace (2). Commonplace, v.t. to reduce to general heads

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Com″mon‐place′, n. 1. 1. An idea or expression wanting originality or interest; a trite or customary remark; a platitude.
2. 2. A memorandum; something to be frequently consulted or referred to.
Whatever, in my reading, occurs concerning this our fellow creature, I do never fail to set it down by way of commonplace. Swift. Commonplace book, a book in which records are made of things to be remembered.