COMPOTATION, kom-po-t[=a]'shun, _n._ a carouse together.--_ns._
COMPOT[=A]'TIONSHIP; COM'POTATOR, a bottle-companion.--_adj._ COMPOT'ATORY.
[L. _compotationem_--_com_, together, _pot[=a]re_, to drink.]
COMPOUND, kom-pownd', _v.t._ to mix or combine: to settle or adjust by
agreement.--_v.i._ to agree, or come to terms: to bargain in the
lump.--_adj._ COM'POUND, mixed or composed of a number of parts: not
simple, dealing with numbers of various denominations of quantity, &c., as
in 'compound addition,' &c.; or with processes more complex than the simple
process, as in 'compound proportion,' &c.--_n._ a mass made up of a number
of parts: the usual name in India for the enclosure in which a house
stands, with its outhouses, yard, and garden: a compounded drug.--_n._
COMPOUND'ER.--COMPOUND ENGINE, a condensing engine in which the mechanical
action of the steam is begun in one cylinder, and ended in a larger
cylinder; COMPOUND FRACTURE, a broken bone, communicating with a
co-existing skin wound; COMPOUND HOUSEHOLDER, one who pays his rates in his
rent, the landlord being immediately chargeable with them; COMPOUND
INTEREST, the charge made where--the interest not being paid when due--it
is added to the principal, forming the amount upon which the subsequent
year's interest is computed; COMPOUND QUANTITY (_alg._), a quantity
consisting of more than one term, as _a + b_; COMPOUND TIME (_mus._), time
in which each bar is made up of two or more simple bars. [O. Fr., from L.
_compon[)e]re_--_com_, together, _pon[)e]re_, to place.]
COMPREHEND, kom-pre-hend', _v.t._ to seize or take up with the mind, to
understand: to comprise or include.--_ns._ COMPREHENSIBIL'ITY,
COMPREHEN'SIBLENESS.--_adj._ COMPREHEN'SIBLE, capable of being
understood.--_adv._ COMPREHEN'SIBLY.--_n._ COMPREHEN'SION, power of the
mind to understand: (_logic_) the intension of a term or the sum of the
qualities implied in the term: the inclusion of Nonconformists within the
Church of England.--_adj._ COMPREHEN'SIVE, having the quality or power of
comprehending much: extensive: full.--_adv._ COMPREHEN'SIVELY.--_n._
COMPREHEN'SIVENESS. [L. _comprehend[)e]re_, to seize.]
COMPRESS, kom-pres', _v.t._ to press together: to force into a narrower
space: to condense or concentrate.--_n._ COM'PRESS, soft folds of linen,
&c., formed into a pad, and used in surgery to apply any requisite pressure
to any part: a wet cloth, covered with waterproof, applied to the
skin.--_adj._ COMPRESSED'.--_ns._ COMPRESSIBIL'ITY, COMPRES'SIBLENESS, the
property that bodies have of being reduced in volume by pressure--the ratio
of the amount of compression per unit volume to the compressing force
applied.--_adj._ COMPRES'SIBLE, that may be compressed.--_n._ COMPRES'SION,
act of compressing: state of being compressed, condensation.--_adjs._
COMPRES'SIONAL; COMPRES'SIVE, able to compress.--_ns._ COMPRES'SOR,
anything that compresses; a muscle that compresses certain parts;
COMPRES'SURE.--COMPRESSED-AIR BATH, a strong chamber of iron plates in
which a patient can sit, and into which air is driven by a steam-engine to
any required pressure; COMPRESSED-AIR MOTOR, any mode of employing air as a
motive-power, as in automatic railway-brakes, &c. [L. _compress[=a]re_,
_com_, together, and _press[=a]re_, to press--_prem[)e]re_, _pressum_, to
press.]
COMPRINT, kom-print', _v.t._ to share in printing--of the former privilege
shared with the Stationers' Company and the King's Printer by Oxford and
Cambridge.
COMPRISE, kom-pr[=i]z', _v.t._ to contain, include: to sum up.--_adj._
COMPRIS'ABLE.--_n._ COMPRIS'AL, the act of comprising.--_p.adjs._
COMPRISED', included; COMPRIS'ING, including. [Fr. _compris_, pa.p. of
_comprendre_--L. _comprehend[)e]re_. See COMPREHEND.]
COMPROMISE, kom'pr[=o]-m[=i]z, _n._ a settlement of differences by mutual
concession, adjustment of one's theories or principles.--_v.t._ to settle
by mutual agreement and concession: to pledge: to involve or bring into
question--to expose one's self to risk of danger or
misunderstanding.--_p.adj._ COM'PROMISED, exposed to danger or discredit.
[Fr. _compromis_--L. _compromitt[)e]re_, _-missum_--_com_, together,
_promitt[)e]re_, to promise.]
COMPROVINCIAL, kom-pro-vin'shal, _adj._ (_Spens._) belonging to the same
province.
COMPT, COMPTER, COMPTIBLE, obs. forms of COUNT, &c.
COMPTROLL, COMPTROLLER. See under CONTROL.
COMPULSE, kom-puls', _v.t._ to compel.--_adjs._ COMPUL'SATORY,
COMPUL'SATIVE (_Shak._), compulsory.--_p.adj._ COMPULSED',
compelled.--_ns._ COMPUL'SION, the act of compelling: force: necessity:
violence; COMPUL'SITOR (_Scots law_), that which compels.--_adj._
COMPUL'SIVE, coercive: with power to compel.--_adv._ COMPUL'SIVELY;
COMPUL'SORILY.--_adj._ COMPUL'SORY, compelled: obligatory: compelling. [L.
_compuls[=a]re_, freq. of _compell[)e]re_, to compel.]
COMPUNCTION, kom-pungk'shun, _n._ uneasiness of conscience: remorse:
regret: pity.--_adj._ COMPUNC'TIOUS, feeling or causing compunction:
repentant: remorseful.--_adv._ COMPUNC'TIOUSLY.--WITHOUT COMPUNCTION, with
no feeling of sorrow or regret. [O. Fr.,--L. _compunctio_, _-nis_--_com_,
inten., and _pung[)e]re_, _punctum_, to prick.]
COMPURGATION, kom-pur-g[=a]'shun, _n._ the custom, in Anglo-Saxon law, of
permitting the accused to call in witnesses to prove his innocency, by
joining their oaths to his: evidence in favour of the accused:
vindication.--_n._ COM'PURGATOR, one who testifies to the innocency or
veracity of another.--_adjs._ COMPURGAT[=O]'RIAL, COMPUR'GATORY. [L.
_compurg[=a]re_, to purify wholly. See PURGE.]
COMPURSION, kom-pur'shun, _n._ a pursing together (_Sterne_).
COMPUTE, kom-p[=u]t', _v.t._ to calculate: to number: to estimate.--_adj._
COMPUT'ABLE, calculable.--_ns._ COM'PUTANT, COMPUT'ER, COM'PUTIST, a
calculator; COMPUT[=A]'TION, act of computing: reckoning: estimate.--_adj._
COMPUT'[=A]TIVE, given to computation.--_n._ COM'PUT[=A]TOR. [L.
_comput[=a]re_, from _com_, together, _put[=a]re_, to reckon.]
COMRADE, kom'r[=a]d, _n._ a close companion: an intimate associate--_ns._
COM'RADERY; COM'RADESHIP. [Sp. _camarada_, a roomful, a chamber-mate--L.
_camera_, a chamber.]
COMTISM, komt'ism, _n._ the philosophical system of August _Comte_, the
founder of Positivism (1798-1857).--_adj._ COM'TIAN.--_n._ and _adj._
COMT'IST.
COMUS, k[=o]'mus, _n._ a god of mirth: a revel. [L.,--Gr. _k[=o]mos_, a
revel.]
CON., kon, a contraction of L. _contra_, against, as in PRO AND CON., for
and against.
CON, kon, _v.t._ to study carefully: to commit to memory:--_pr.p._
con'ning; _pa.p._ conned.--_n._ CON'NING, learning by heart; poring over.
[A.S. _cunnian_, to try to know--_cunnan_, to know.]
CON, CONN, kon, kun, _v.t._ to direct the steering of a ship.--_n._ the act
of conning.--_ns._ CON'NING, directing the steering; CON'NING-TOW'ER, the
pilot-house of a war-ship. [Prob. conn. with preceding.]