COMPRESSIBLENESS
COMPRESSIBLENESS, noun Compressibility; the quality of being compressible.
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American Dictionary of the English Language, Noah Webster, 1828.
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COMPRESSION
COMPRESSION, noun1. The act of compressing, or of pressing into a narrower compass; the act of forcing the parts of a body into closer union, or density, by the application of f...
COMPRESSIVE
COMPRESSIVE, adjective Having power to compress.
COMPRESSURE
COMPRESSURE, noun The act or force of one body pressing against another; pressure.
COMPRIEST
COMPRIEST, noun A fellow priest. [Not in use.]
COMPRINT
COMPRINT, verb intransitive [See Print.] To print together. It is taken, in law, for the deceitful printing of anothers copy, or book, to the prejudice of the proprietor. [Littl...
COMPRISAL
COMPRISAL, noun The act of comprising or comprehending.
COMPRISE
COMPRISE, verb transitive [See Comprehend.] To comprehend; to contain; to include; as, the substance of a discourse may be comprised in a few words.
COMPRISED
COMPRISED, participle passive Comprehended; contained.
COMPRISING
COMPRISING, participle present tense Containing; including; comprehending.
COMPROBATE
COMPROBATE, verb intransitive To agree in approving; to concur in testimony.
COMPROBATION
COMPROBATION, noun [Latin, to prove.] Proof; joint attestation. [Little used.]
COMPROMISE
COMPROMISE, noun [Latin To give bond to stand to an award, to promise. See Promise.]1. A mutual promise or contract of two parties in controversy, to refer their differences to ...
COMPROMISED
COMPROMISED, participle passive Settled by agreement with mutual concessions.
COMPROMISER
COMPROMISER, noun One who compromises.
COMPROMISING
COMPROMISING, participle present tense Adjusting by agreement.
COMPROMISSORIAL
COMPROMISSORIAL, adjective Relating to a compromise.
COMPROMIT
COMPROMIT, verb transitive [Latin, To promise.] To pledge or engage, by some act or declaration, which may not be a direct promise, but which renders necessary some future act. ...
COMPROMITED
COMPROMITED, participle passive Pledged by some previous act or declaration.
COMPROMITING
COMPROMITING, participle present tense Pledging; exposing to hazard.
COMPROVINCIAL
COMPROVINCIAL, noun One belonging to the same province or archiepiscopal jurisdiction.
COMPT
COMPT, noun Account; computation.COMPT, verb transitive To compute. [See Count.]COMPT, adjective [Latin] Neat; spruce. [Not used.]
COMPTIBLE
COMPTIBLE, adjective Accountable; subject; submissive.
COMPTLY
COMPTLY, adverb Neatly. [Not in use.]
COMPTNESS
COMPTNESS, noun Neatness. [Not in use.]
COMPTONITE
COMPTONITE, noun A newly discovered mineral, found in drusy cavities of masses ejected from Mount Vesuvius; so called from Lord Compton, who brought it to England in 1818.
COMPTROLL
COMPTROLL, from Latin, To count or compute, and a register. If this word were of genuine origin, both the verb and its derivative, as applied to a public officer, would not be s...