COMPANIONABLE
COMPANIONABLE, adjective Fit for good fellowship; qualified to be agreeable in company; sociable; agreeable as a companion.
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American Dictionary of the English Language, Noah Webster, 1828.
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COMPANIONABLY
COMPANIONABLY, adverb In a companionable manner.
COMPANIONSHIP
COMPANIONSHIP, noun1. Fellowship; association.2. Company; train.
COMPANY
COMPANY, noun1. In military affairs, the soldiers united under the command of a captain; a subdivision of a regiment, consisting usually of a number from 60 to 100 men. But the ...
COMPARABLE
COMPARABLE, adjective That may be compared; worthy of comparison; being of equal regard; that may be estimated as equal.There is no blessing of life comparable to the enjoyment ...
COMPARABLY
COMPARABLY, adverb In a manner or degree worthy to be compared, or of equal regard.
COMPARATIVE
COMPARATIVE, adjective1. Estimated by comparison; not positive or absolute. The comparative weight of a body, is that which is estimated by comparing it with the weight of anoth...
COMPARATIVELY
COMPARATIVELY, adverb In a state of comparison; by comparison; according to estimate made by comparison; not positively, absolutely or in itself. A thing is comparatively heavy,...
COMPARE
COMPARE, verb transitive1. To set or bring things together in fact or in contemplation, and to examine the relations they bear to each other, with a view to ascertain their agre...
COMPARED
COMPARED, participle passive Set together and examined with respect to likeness or unlikeness, agreement or disagreement; likened; represented as similar.
COMPARER
COMPARER, noun One who compares or makes a comparison.
COMPARING
COMPARING, participle present tense Examining the relations of thins to each other; likening.
COMPARISON
COMPARISON, noun1. The act of comparing; the act of considering the relation between persons or things, with a view to discover their agreement or resemblance, or their disagree...
COMPART
COMPART, verb transitive To divide; to mark out a plan or design into its several parts, or subdivisions.
COMPARTED
COMPARTED, participle passive Dividing or disposing into parts.
COMPARTING
COMPARTING, participle present tense Dividing or disposing into parts.
COMPARTITION
COMPARTITION, noun1. The act of dividing into parts. In architecture, the division or disposition of the whole ground-plot of an edifice, into its various apartments.2. Division...
COMPARTMENT
COMPARTMENT, noun1. A division or separate part of a general design, as of a picture, or of a ground-plot.2. A design composed of several different figures, disposed with symmet...
COMPARTNER
COMPARTNER, noun A sharer.
COMPASS
COMPASS, noun1. Stretch; reach; extent; the limit or boundary of a space, and the space included; applied to time, space, sound, etc. Our knowledge lies within a very narrow com...
COMPASSED
COMPASSED, participle passive Embraced; surrounded; inclosed; obtained; imagined.
COMPASSING
COMPASSING, participle present tense1. Embracing; going round; inclosing; obtaining; accomplishing; imagining; intending.2. In ship-building, incurvated; arched.
COMPASSION
COMPASSION, noun1. A suffering with another; painful sympathy; a sensation of sorrow excited by the distress or misfortunes of another; pity; commiseration. compassion is a mixe...
COMPASSIONABLE
COMPASSIONABLE, adjective Deserving of pity.
COMPASSIONATE
COMPASSIONATE, adjective Having a temper or disposition to pity; inclined to show mercy; merciful; having a heart that is tender, and easily moved by the distresses, sufferings,...
COMPASSIONATELY
COMPASSIONATELY, adverb With compassion; mercifully.
COMPASSIONATENESS
COMPASSIONATENESS, noun The quality of being compassionate.