Com*pile"ment (?), n. Compilation. [R.]

Com*pil"er (?), n. [OE. compiluor; cf. OF. compileor, fr. L. compilator.] One who compiles; esp., one who makes books by compilation.

Com*pinge" (?), v. t. [L. compingere.] To compress; to shut up. [Obs.] Burton.

{ Com*pla"cence (?), Com*pla"cen*cy (?) }, n. [LL. complacentia: cf. F. complaisance. See Complacent, and cf. Complaisance.] 1. Calm contentment; satisfaction; gratification.

The inward complacence we find in acting reasonably and virtuously.

Atterbury.

Others proclaim the infirmities of a great man with satisfaction and complacency, if they discover none of the like in themselves.

Addison.

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