COMPACT, kom-pakt', _adj._ fastened or packed together: firm: close:
brief.--_v.t._ to press closely together: to consolidate: (_Shak._) to
confirm.--_adj._ COMPACT'ED, firmly put together: compact.--_adv._
COMPACT'EDLY.--_n._ COMPACT'EDNESS.--_adv._ COMPACT'LY.--_ns._
COMPACT'NESS, state of being compact: closeness: solidity: terseness;
COMPAC'TURE (_Spens._) close union or knitting together; COMP[=A]GE',
COMP[=A]'GES, a structure of many parts. [Fr.,--L. _com_, _pactus_, pa.p.
of _comping[)e]re_--_com_, together, _pang[)e]re_, to fix. Cf. FANG.]
COMPACT, kom'pakt, _n._ a mutual bargain or agreement: a league, treaty, or
union: (_Shak._) league, in bad sense.--_adj._ united: leagued. [L.
_compactum_--_compacisci_, from _com_, with, and _pacisci_, to make a
bargain; cf. _pang[)e]re_.]
COMPAGINATE, kom-paj'i-n[=a]t, _v.t._ to join, connect.--_n._
COMPAGIN[=A]'TION. [L. _compagin[=a]re_, _-[=a]tum_--_com_, together, and
_pang[)e]re_, to fasten, fix.]
COMPANION, kom-pan'yun, _n._ one who keeps company or frequently associates
with another: an associate or partner: a higher rank of servant, who,
though receiving pay, stands rather in the relation of a friend: fellow, in
a bad sense.--_v.t._ to accompany.--_adj._ of the nature of a companion:
accompanying.--_adjs._ COMPAN'IABLE (_obs._), sociable; COMPAN'IONABLE, fit
to be a companion: agreeable.--_n._ COMPAN'IONABLENESS.--_adv._
COMPAN'IONABLY.--_adj._ COMPAN'IONED, having a companion.--_ns._
COMPAN'IONHOOD, COMPAN'IONARY.--_adj._ COMPAN'IONLESS, without a
companion.--_n._ COMPAN'IONSHIP. [Fr. _compagnon_, from Low L. _companium_,
a mess--L. _com_, with, and _panis_, bread.]
COMPANION, kom-pan'yun, _n._ (_naut._) the skylight or window-frame through
which light passes to a lower deck or cabin: companion-ladder.--_ns._
COMPAN'ION-LADD'ER, the ladder or stair leading from the deck to the
officers' cabin; COMPAN'ION-WAY, a staircase from the deck to a cabin. [Cf.
Dut. _kompanje_; O. Fr. _compagne_; It. _compagne_.]
COMPANY, kum'pa-ni, _n._ any assembly of persons: a number of persons
associated together for trade, &c.: a society: a subdivision of a regiment:
the crew of a ship: state of being a companion: fellowship: associates:
society: a gathering of people for social intercourse.--_v.t._ to
accompany.--_v.i._ to associate.--BE GOOD, or BAD, COMPANY, to have, or to
lack, companionable qualities; KEEP COMPANY, to associate with: to court;
KNOW A MAN BY HIS COMPANY, to determine his character by the quality of his
friends. [Fr. _compagnie_. See COMPANION.]
COMPARE, kom-p[=a]r', _v.t._ to set things together, to ascertain how far
they agree or disagree: to liken or represent as similar: (_gram._) to
inflect an adjective.--_v.i._ to hold comparison.--_n._ (_obs._)
comparison: similitude.--_adj._ COM'PARABLE, that may be compared.--_n._
COM'PARABLENESS.--_adv._ COM'PARABLY.--_adj._ COMPAR'ATIVE, pertaining to
comparison: estimated by comparing with something else: not positive or
absolute: (_gram._) expressing more.--_adv._ COMPAR'ATIVELY.--_n._
COMPAR'ISON, the act of comparing: capacity of being compared: comparative
estimate: a simile or figure by which two things are compared: (_gram._)
the inflection of an adjective.--BEYOND COMPARE, without any rival.
[Fr.,--L. _compar[=a]re_, to match, from _com_, together, _par[=a]re_, to
make or esteem equal--_par_, equal.]
COMPARE, kom-p[=a]r', _v.t._ (_Spens._) to get or provide. [L.
_compar[=a]re_--_com_, inten., _par[=a]re_, to prepare.]
COMPARTMENT, kom-pärt'ment, _n._ a separate part or division of any
enclosed space: a division of a railway carriage: a division of
anything.--_v.t._ COMPART', to divide into parts. [Fr., from
_compartir_--L. _com_, with, _part[=i]re_, to part.]
COMPASS, kum'pas, _n._ a circuit or circle: space: limit: range, a limit of
tones of a voice or instrument: the circumference: girth: an instrument
consisting of a magnetised needle, used to steer ships by, &c., the needle
indicating on a card the absolute directions at any given time: (_pl._) an
instrument consisting of two movable legs, for describing circles,
&c.--_v.t._ to pass or go round: to surround or enclose: to besiege: to
bring about or obtain: to contrive or plot: to accomplish.--_adj._
COM'PASSABLE, capable of being compassed.--_ns._ COM'PASS-CARD, the
circular card of a compass; COM'PASSING, contrivance: design;
COM'PASS-PLANE, a plane, convex on the under side, for smoothing curved
timber; COM'PASS-SAW, a saw that cuts in a circular manner;
COM'PASS-SIG'NAL, a signal denoting a point in the compass;
COM'PASS-TIM'BER, curved timber, used for shipbuilding, &c.;
COM'PASS-WIN'DOW, a semicircular bay-window.--BOX THE COMPASS (see BOX);
FETCH A COMPASS, to go round in a circuit. [Fr. _compas_, a circle, prob.
from Low L. _compassus_--L. _com_, together, _passus_, a step.]
COMPASSION, kom-pash'un, _n._ fellow-feeling, or sorrow for the sufferings
of another: pity.--_v.t._ to pity.--_adjs._ COMPAS'SIONABLE, pitiable;
COMPAS'SIONATE, inclined to pity or mercy: merciful.--_v.t._ to have
compassion for: to have pity or mercy upon.--_adv._ COMPAS'SIONATELY.--_n._
COMPAS'SIONATENESS. [Fr.,--L. _compassio_--_com_, with, _pati_, _passus_,
to suffer.]
COMPATIBLE, kom-pat'i-bl, _adj._ consistent: agreeable: that can be endured
together.--_ns._ COMPATIBIL'ITY, COMPAT'IBLENESS, the quality of being
compatible.--_adv._ COMPAT'IBLY. [Fr.,--L. _com_, with, _pati_, to suffer.]
COMPATRIOT, kom-p[=a]'tri-ot, _adj._ of the same country.--_n._ one of the
same country.--_adj._ COMPATRIOT'IC.--_n._ COMP[=A]'TRIOTISM. [Fr.,--L.
_com_, with, and PATRIOT.]
COMPEAR, kom-p[=e]r', _v.i._ (_Scots law_) to appear in court.--_ns._
COMPEAR'ANCE; COMPEAR'ANT. [L. _compar[=e]re_--_com_, together,
_par[=e]re_, to appear.]
COMPEER, kom-p[=e]r', _n._ one who is equal to another: a companion: an
associate.--_v.t._ (_Shak._) to equal. [L. _compar_--_com_, with, and
_par_, equal.]
COMPEL, kom-pel', _v.t._ to drive or urge on forcibly: to oblige: to force:
to obtain by hard labour:--_pr.p._ compel'ling; _pa.p._ compelled'.--_adj._
COMPEL'LABLE. [L. _com_, inten., _pell[)e]re_, _pulsum_, to drive.]
COMPELLATION, kom-pel-[=a]'shun, _n._ style of address: an
appellation.--_adj._ COMPEL'LATIVE.--_n._ compellation. [L.
_compell[=a]re_, _-atum_, to address, freq. of _compell[)e]re_.]
COMPEND, kom'pend, COMPENDIUM, kom-pen'di-um, _n._ a shortening or
abridgment: a book or treatise containing the substance of a larger one: an
epitome: an abstract.--_adj._ COMPEN'DIOUS, short: concise:
comprehensive.--_adv._ COMPEN'DIOUSLY.--_n._ COMPEN'DIOUSNESS. [L.
_compendium_, what is weighed together, or saved (opp. to
_dispendium_)--_com_, together, _pend[)e]re_, to weigh.]
COMPENSATE, kom'pen-s[=a]t, or kom-pen's[=a]t, _v.t._ to reward suitably:
to make amends for: to recompense: to counterbalance.--_n._
COMPENS[=A]'TION, act of compensating: reward for service: amends for loss
sustained: (_phys._) the neutralisation of opposing forces.--_adjs._
COMPEN'SATIVE, COMPEN'SATORY, giving compensation.--_n._ COM'PENS[=A]TOR,
one who or that which compensates.--COMPENSATION BALANCE, PENDULUM, a
balance-wheel or pendulum so constructed as to counteract the effect of the
expansion and contraction of the metal under variation of temperature. [L.
_com_, inten., and _pens[=a]re_, freq. of _pend[)e]re_, to weigh.]
COMPESCE, kom-pes', _v.t._ to restrain. [L. _compesc[)e]re_--_compes_, a
fetter--_com_, together, _pes_, a foot.]
COMPETE, kom-p[=e]t', _v.i._ to seek or strive with others for something:
to contend for a prize.--_n._ COMPETI'TION, the act of competing: common
strife for the same object.--_adj._ COMPET'ITIVE, pertaining to or
characterised by competition.--_n._ COMPET'ITOR, one who competes: a rival
or opponent. [L. _compet[)e]re_--_com_, together, _pet[)e]re_, to seek.]
COMPETENT, kom'pe-tent, _adj._ suitable: sufficient: fit: belonging:
legally qualified: legitimate.--_ns._ COM'PETENCE, COM'PETENCY, fitness:
capacity: sufficiency: competent circumstances: legal power or
capacity.--_adv._ COM'PETENTLY. [Fr.,--L. _compet[)e]re_--_com_, with,
_pet[)e]re_, to seek, to strive after.]
COMPILE, kom-p[=i]l', _v.t._ to write or compose by collecting the
materials from other books: to draw up or collect: to compose.--_ns._
COMPIL[=A]'TION, the act of compiling: the thing compiled, a literary work
made by gathering the material from various authors; COMPILE'MENT, a
compilation; COMPIL'ER, COM'PIL[=A]TOR, one who compiles. [Fr. _compiler_,
prob. from L. _compil[=a]re_--_com_, together, _pil[=a]re_, to plunder.]
COMPLACENT, kom-pl[=a]'sent, _adj._ showing satisfaction: pleased: inclined
to please.--_ns._ COMPL[=A]'CENCE, COMPL[=A]'CENCY, pleasure: satisfaction:
complaisance.--_adv._ COMPL[=A]'CENTLY. [L. _complac[=e]re_--_com_, inten.,
_plac[=e]re_, to please.]
COMPLAIN, kom-pl[=a]n', _v.i._ to express grief, pain, censure: to murmur
or express a sense of injury: to accuse: to make a mournful sound: to be
ill--e.g. 'to complain of a sore throat.'--_n._ complaint.--_ns._
COMPLAIN'ANT, one who complains: (_law_) one who raises a suit, a
plaintiff; COMPLAIN'ER, a murmurer: complainant; COMPLAIN'ING, the action
of the verb _complain_: complaint.--_adv._ COMPLAIN'INGLY.--_n._
COMPLAINT', a complaining: an expression of grief: a representation of
pains or injuries: a finding fault: the thing complained of: a disease: an
ailment. [Fr. _complaindre_--Low L. _complang[)e]re_--L. _com_, inten.,
_plang[)e]re_, bewail.]
COMPLAISANT, kom'pl[=a]-zant, or kom-pl[=a]-zant', _adj._ desirous of
pleasing; obliging.--_n._ COM'PLAISANCE (or COMPLAISANCE'), care or desire
to please: an obliging civility.--_adv._ COM'PLAISANTLY (or
COMPLAISANT'LY). [Fr.,--_complaire_--L. _complac[=e]re_.]
COMPLECT, kom-plekt', _v.t._ to embrace: to interweave.--_adj._
COMPLECT'ED, interwoven. [L. _complecti_, to embrace--_com_, and
_plect[)e]re_, to twine.]
COMPLEMENT, kom'ple-ment, _n._ that which completes or fills up: full
number or quantity: (_Shak._) politeness.--_v.t._ COMPLEMENT', to
supplement: (_arch._) to compliment.--_adjs._ COMPLEMENT'AL, completing:
(_Shak._) complimental; COMPLEMENT'ARY, completing: together making up a
whole.--COMPLEMENTARY ANGLES, angles which together make up a right angle.
[L. _complementum_--_com_, and _pl[=e]re_, to fill.]
COMPLETE, kom-pl[=e]t', _adj._ free from deficiency: perfect: finished:
entire.--_v.t._ to finish: to make perfect or entire: to
accomplish.--_adjs._ COMPL[=E]T'ABLE; COMPL[=E]T'ED.--_adv._
COMPLETE'LY.--_ns._ COMPLETE'NESS, the state of being complete;
COMPL[=E]'TION, the act of completing: the state of being complete:
fulfilment.--_adjs._ COMPL[=E]T'IVE; COMPL[=E]T'ORY, fulfilling:
completing. [L. _compl[=e]re_, _-[=e]tum_, to fill up--_com_, inten., and
_pl[=e]re_, to fill.]
COMPLEX, kom'pleks, _adj._ composed of more than one, or of many parts: not
simple: intricate: difficult.--_n._ a complex whole.--_v.t._ to
complicate.--_ns._ COMPLEX'EDNESS, COM'PLEXNESS, COMPLEX'ITY, state of
being complex: complication.--_adv._ COM'PLEXLY.--_n._ COMPLEX'US, a
complicated system: a large muscle of the back, passing from the spine to
the head. [L. _complex_--_com_, together, and root of _plic[=a]re_, to
fold. See COMPLICATE.]
COMPLEXION, kom-plek'shun, _n._ disposition: colour: quality: colour or
look of the skin, esp. of the face: general appearance, temperament, or
texture: (_Shak._) bodily constitution.--_v.t._ to give a colour
to.--_adjs._ COMPLEX'IONAL, pertaining to the complexion; COMPLEX'IONED,
having a certain complexion, or temperament; COMPLEX'IONLESS, colourless:
pale. [Fr.,--L. _complexio_, a combination, physical structure of
body--_complecti_, _complexus_, to embrace--_plect[)e]re_, to plait.]
COMPLIANCE, kom-pl[=i]'ans, _n._ a yielding: agreement: complaisance:
assent: submission (in bad sense).--_adj._ COMPL[=I]'ABLE, disposed to
comply.--_n._ COMPL[=I]'ANCY, compliance.--_adj._ COMPL[=I]'ANT, yielding:
pliant: civil.--_adv._ COMPL[=I]'ANTLY.--IN COMPLIANCE WITH, in agreement
with. [See COMPLY.]
COMPLICATE, kom'pli-k[=a]t, _v.t._ to twist or plait together: to render
complex: to entangle.--_adj._ complex: involved.--_n._ COM'PLICACY, the
quality or state of being complicated.--_adj._ COM'PLICATED, intricate,
confused.--_n._ COMPLIC[=A]'TION, an intricate blending or
entanglement.--_adj._ COM'PLICATIVE, tending to complicate.--COMPLICATED
FRACTURE, a fracture where there is some other injury (e.g. a flesh wound
not communicating with the fracture, a dislocation, a rupture of a large
blood-vessel); COMPLICATION OF DISEASES, a number of diseases present at
the same time. [L. _com_, together, and _plic[=a]re_, _-[=a]tum_, to fold.]
COMPLICE, kom'plis, _n._ (_Shak._) an associate: an accomplice.--_n._
COMPLIC'ITY, state or condition of being an accomplice: complexity.
COMPLIMENT, kom'pli-ment, _n._ an expression of regard or praise: delicate
flattery: an expression of formal respect or civility: a present.--_v.t._
COMPLIMENT', to pay a compliment to: to express respect for: to praise: to
flatter: to congratulate: to make a present.--_v.i._ to make
compliments.--_adjs._ COMPLIMENT'AL, expressing or implying compliment;
COMPLIMENT'ARY, conveying, or expressive of, civility or praise: using
compliments.--_n._ COMPLIMENT'ER, one who pays compliments.--COMPLIMENTS OF
THE SEASON, compliments appropriate to special times, as Christmas and
birthdays; LEFT-HANDED COMPLIMENT, a saying intended to seem a compliment,
but in reality the reverse; PAY, or PRESENT, ONE'S COMPLIMENTS, to give
one's respects or greeting. [Fr. _compliment_--L. _complementum_. See
COMPLY.]
COMPLINE, COMPLIN, kom'plin, _n._ the 7th and last service of the day, at 9
P.M., completing the canonical hours. [O. Fr. _conplie_ (mod.
_complies_)--L. _completa_ (_hora_).]
COMPLISH, kom'plish, _v.t._ (_Spens._) to accomplish.
COMPLOT, kom'plot, _n._ a conspiracy.--_v.i._ COMPLOT', to plot together,
to conspire.--_v.t._ to plan.--_pr.p._ complot'ting; _pa.p._ complot'ted.
[Fr.]
COMPLUVIUM, kom-pl[=oo]'vi-um, _n._ a quadrangular open space in the middle
of a Roman house, which carried the rain-water from the roofs to a basin
(_impluvium_) placed below. [L.]
COMPLY, kom-pl[=i]', _v.i._ to yield to the wishes of another: to agree or
consent to (_with_):--_pr.p._ comply'ing; _pa.t._ and _pa.p._
complied'.--_n._ COMPL[=I]'ER, one who complies.--_p.adj._ COMPLY'ING,
compliant. [It. _complire_, to fulfil, to suit, to offer courtesies--L.
_compl[=e]re_, to fulfil.]
COMPO, kom'p[=o], _n._ a mixture of whiting, resin, and glue for
ornamenting walls and cornices; a bankrupt's composition. [Abbrev. of
COMPOSITION.]
COMPONENT, kom-p[=o]'nent, _adj._ making up: forming one of the elements of
a compound.--_n._ one of the elements of a compound.--_n._
COMP[=O]'NENCY.--_adj._ COMPONENT'AL. [L. _compon[)e]re_.]
COMPORT, kom-p[=o]rt', _v.i._ to agree, suit (_with_).--_v.t._ to bear
one's self: to behave.--_n._ manner of acting.--_ns._ COMPORT'ANCE
(_Spens._); COMPORT'MENT, behaviour. [L. _comport[=a]re_--_com_, together,
and _port[=a]re_, to carry.]
COMPOSE, kom-p[=o]z', _v.t._ to form by putting two or more parts or things
together: to place in proper order, to put together, to arrange
artistically the elements of a landscape for painting: to settle or set at
rest: to soothe: to set up or place types in order for printing: to
originate or write as author, to set to music.--_p.adj._ COMPOSED',
settled, quiet, calm.--_adv._ COMPOS'EDLY.--_ns._ COMPOS'EDNESS; COMPOS'ER,
a writer, an author, esp. of a piece of music.--_adj._ COM'POSITE, made up
of two or more distinct parts: (_archit._) a blending of the Ionic and the
Corinthian orders: (_bot._) belonging to the natural order _Compositæ_,
having compound or composite flowers--heads of flowers composed of a number
of florets on a common receptacle, surrounded by bracts forming a leafy
involucre, like single flowers.--_adv._ COM'POSITELY.--_ns._
COM'POSITENESS; COMPOS'ING-STICK, an instrument with a sliding adjustment,
used for holding printing-types before they are put on the galley;
COMPOS'ITION, the act of putting together, or that which is put together:
the thing composed, as a work in literature, music, or painting: mental
constitution: artistic manner, style in writing or painting: a coming
together or agreement, an arrangement or compromise: a certain percentage
which creditors agree to accept in lieu of the full payment of a bankrupt's
debts: (_mech._) the compounding of two velocities or forces into a single
velocity or force which shall be their equivalent.--_adj._
COMPOS'ITIVE.--_ns._ COMPOS'ITOR, one who puts together, or sets up, types
for printing; COM'POST, COMPOST'URE (_Shak._) a mixture for manure: a kind
of plaster; COMP[=O]'SURE, calmness: self-possession:
tranquillity.--COMPOSITE CANDLE, one made of a mixture of stearic acid and
the stearin of coco-nut oil; COMPOSITE CARRIAGE, a railway-carriage with
compartments of different classes; COMPOSITE PORTRAIT, a single portrait
produced by combining those of a number of persons; COMPOSITION OF A
FELONY, the act of abstaining from prosecution for some
consideration--itself punishable by fine and imprisonment. [Fr. _composer_,
from L. _cum_, and _paus[=a]re_, to cease, to rest.]
COMPOS MENTIS, kom'pos ment'is, _adj. phrase_, in one's right
mind--sometimes merely COMPOS. [L.]
COMPOSSIBLE, kom-pos'i-bl, _adj._ possible in co-existence with something
else.--_n._ COMPOSSIBIL'ITY. [L. _com-_, and POSSIBLE.]