COMPENSATIVE
COMPENSATIVE, adjective Making amends or compensation.
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American Dictionary of the English Language, Noah Webster, 1828.
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COMPENSATORY
COMPENSATORY, adjective Serving for compensation; making amends.
COMPENSE
COMPENSE, verb transitive To recompense, is found in Bacon; but is not now in use.
COMPETE
COMPETE, verb intransitive1. To seek, or strive for the same thing as another; to carry on competition or rivalry.Our manufacturers compete with the English in making cotton clo...
COMPETENCE
COMPETENCE, PETENCY, noun
COMPETENT
COMPETENT, adjective1. Suitable; fit; convenient; hence, sufficient, that is, fit for the purpose; adequate; followed by to; as, competent supplies of food and clothing; a compe...
COMPETENTLY
COMPETENTLY, adverb Sufficiently; adequately; suitably; reasonably; as, the fact has been competently proved; a church is competently endowed.
COMPETIBLE
COMPETIBLE, adjective [Not now used. See Compatible.]
COMPETING
COMPETING, participle present tense Striving in rivalry.
COMPETITION
COMPETITION, noun1. The act of seeking, or endeavoring to gain, what another is endeavoring to gain, at the same time; rivalry; mutual strife for the same object; also, strife f...
COMPETITOR
COMPETITOR, noun1. One who seeks and endeavors to obtain what another seeks; or one who claims what another claims; a rival.They cannot brook competitors in love.2. An opponent.
COMPETITORY
COMPETITORY, adjective Rivaling; acting in competition.
COMPETITRESS
COMPETITRESS,COMPETITRIX,COMPILATION, noun1. A collection of certain parts of a book or books, into a separate book or pamphlet.2. A collection or assemblage of other substances...
COMPETITRIX
COMPETITRIX,
COMPILATION
COMPILATION, n.1. A collection of certain parts of a book or books, into a separate book or pamphlet.2. A collection or assemblage of other substances; or the act of collecting ...
COMPILATOR
COMPILATOR, noun A collector.
COMPILE
COMPILE, verb transitive1. To collect parts or passages of books or writings into a book or pamphlet; to select and put together parts of an author, or to collect parts of diffe...
COMPILED
COMPILED, participle passive Collected from authors; selected and put together.
COMPILEMENT
COMPILEMENT, noun The act of piling together or heaping; coacervation.
COMPILER
COMPILER, noun A collector of parts of authors, or of separate papers or accounts; one who forms a book or composition from various authors or separate papers.
COMPILING
COMPILING, participle present tense Collecting and arranging parts of books, or separate papers, in a body or composition.
COMPLACENCE
COMPLACENCE,COMPLACENCY, noun1. Pleasure; satisfaction; gratification. It is more than approbation, and less than delight or joy.Other proclaim the infirmities of a great man wi...
COMPLACENCY
COMPLACENCY, n.1. Pleasure; satisfaction; gratification. It is more than approbation, and less than delight or joy.Other proclaim the infirmities of a great man with satisfactio...
COMPLACENT
COMPLACENT, adjective Civil; complaisant.They look up with a sort of complacent awe to kings.
COMPLACENTIAL
COMPLACENTIAL, adjective Marked by complacence; accommodating.
COMPLACENTLY
COMPLACENTLY, adverb Softly; in a complacent manner.
COMPLAIN
COMPLAIN, verb intransitive1. To utter expressions of grief; to lament.I will complain in the bitterness of my spirit. Job 7:11.I complained and my spirit was overwhelmed. Psalm...