Com"pro*mi`ser (?), n. One who compromises.
Com`pro*mis*so"ri*al (?), a. Relating to compromise. [R.] Chalmers.
Com"pro*mit` (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Compromitted; p. pr. & vb. n. Compromitting.] [L. compromittere. See Compromise, n.] 1. To pledge by some act or declaration; to promise. State Trials (1529).
2. To put to hazard, by some indiscretion; to endanger; to compromise; as, to compromit the honor or the safety of a nation.
Com`pro*vin"cial (?), a. Belonging to, or associated in, the same province. [Obs.] -- n. One who belongs to the same province. [Obs.]
The six islands, comprovincial
In ancient times unto Great Britain.
Spenser.
||Comp*sog"na*thus (k&obreve;mp*s&obreve;g"n&adot;*thŭs), n. [NL., fr. Gr. kompo`s elegant, pretty + gna`qos jaw.] (Zo÷l.) A genus of Dinosauria found in the Jurassic formation, and remarkable for having several birdlike features.
Compt (kount, formerly k&obreve;mt; 215), n. [F. compte. See Count an account.] Account; reckoning; computation. [Obs.] Shak.
Compt, v. t. [F. compter. See Count, v. t.] To compute; to count. [Obs.] See Count.
Compt, a. [L. comptus, p. p. of comere to care for, comb, arrange, adorn.] Neat; spruce. [Obs.] Cotgrave.
Compt"er (?), n. A counter. [Obs.] Shak.
||Compte" ren`du (?). [F.] A report of an officer or agent.
Compt"i*ble (?), a. [See Compt, v. t.] Accountable; responsible; sensitive. [Obs.]
I am very comptible even to the least sinister usage.
Shak.
Compt"ly (?), adv. Neatly. [Obs.] Sherwood.
Comp*trol" (?), n. & v. See Control.
Comp*trol"er (?), n. A controller; a public officer whose duty it is to examine certify accounts.
Com*pul"sa*tive (?), a. [From L. compulsare, v. intens. of compellere. See Compel.] Compulsatory. [R.] Shak.