Webster's Dictionary 1913

6211

Compulsive

Com‐pul″sive (?), a. Having power to compel; exercising or applying compulsion.Religion is... inconsistent with all compulsive motives.Sharp.

6212

Compulsively

Com‐pul″sive‐ly, adv. By compulsion; by force.

6213

Compulsorily

Com‐pul″so‐ri‐ly (?), adv. In a compulsory manner; by force or constraint.

6214

Compulsory

Com‐pul″so‐ry (?), a. [LL. compulsorius.] 1. Having the power of compulsion; constraining.2. Obligatory; enjoined by authority; necessary; due to compulsion.This contribution th...

6215

Compunct

Com‐punct″ (?), a. [LL. compunctus, p. p.] Affected with compunction; conscience-stricken.

6216

Compunction

Com‐punc″tion (?), n. [OF. compunction, F. componction, L. compunctio, fr. compungere, compunctum, to prick; com- + pungere to prick, sting. See Pungent.] 1. A pricking; stimula...

6217

Compunctionless

Com‐punc″tion‐less, a. Without compunction.

6218

Compunctious

Com‐punc″tious (?), a. Of the nature of compunction; caused by conscience; attended with, or causing, compunction.That no compunctious visitings of natureShake my fell purpose.S...

6219

Compunctiously

Com‐punc″tious‐ly, adv. With compunction.

6220

Compunctive

Com‐punc″tive (?), a. Sensitive in respect of wrongdoing; conscientious. Jer. Taylor.

6221

Compurgation

Com′pur‐ga″tion (?), n. [L. compurgatio, fr. compurgare to purify wholly; com- + purgare to make pure. See Purge, v. t.] 1. (Law) The act or practice of justifying or confirming...

6222

Compurgator

Com″pur‐ga′tor (?), n. One who bears testimony or swears to the veracity or innocence of another. See Purgation; also Wager of law, under Wager.All they who know me... will say ...

6223

Compurgatorial

Com‐pur′ga‐to″ri‐al (?), a. Relating to a compurgator or to compurgation. “Their compurgatorial oath.” Milman.

6224

Computable

Com‐put″a‐ble (?), a. [L. computabilis.] Capable of being computed, numbered, or reckoned.Not easily computable by arithmetic.Sir M. Hale.

6225

Computation

Com′pu‐ta″tion (?), n. [L. computatio: cf. F. computation.] 1. The act or process of computing; calculation; reckoning.By just computation of the time.Shak.By a computation back...

6226

Compute

Com‐pute″ (kŏm‐pūt″), v. t. [imp. & p. p.Computed; p. pr. & vb. n.Computing.] [L. computare. See Count, v. t.] To determine by calculation; to reckon; to count.Two days, as we c...

6227

Compute (2)

Com‐pute″, n. [L. computus: cf. F. comput.] Computation. Sir T. Browne.

6228

Computer

Com‐put″er (–pūt″ẽr), n. One who computes.

6229

Computist

Com″pu‐tist (?), n. A computer.

6230

Comrade

Com″rade (? or?; 277), n. [Sp. camarada, fr. L. camara, a chamber; hence, a chamber-fellowship, and then a chamber-fellow: cf. F. camarade. Cf. Chamber.] A mate, companion, or a...

6231

Comradery

Com″rade‐ry (?), n. [Cf. F. camarederie.] The spirit of comradeship; comradeship.“Certainly”, said Dunham, with the comradery of the smoker.W. D. Howells.

6232

Comradeship

Com″rade‐ship, n. The state of being a comrade; intimate fellowship.

6233

Comrogue

Com″rogue′ (?), n. A fellow rogue.

6234

Comtism

Com″tism (? or?), n. [Named after the French philosopher, Auguste Comte.] Positivism; the positive philosophy. See Positivism.

6235

Comtist

Com″tist (?), n. A disciple of Comte; a positivist.

6236

Con

Con, adv. [Abbrev. from L. contra against.] Against the affirmative side; in opposition; on the negative side; — The antithesis of pro, and usually in connection with it. See Pro.

6237

Con (2)

Con, v. t. [imp. & p. p.Conned (?); p. pr. & vb. n.Conning.] [AS. cunnan to know, be able, and (derived from this) cunnian to try, test. See Can, v. t. & i.] 1. To know; to unde...