COMPATERNITY
COMPATERNITY, noun [con and paternity.] The relation of a godfather to the person for whom he answers.
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COMPATIBILITY
COMPATIBILITY, noun [See Compatible.] Consistency; the quality or power of coexisting with something else; suitableness; as a compatibility of tempers.
COMPATIBLE
COMPATIBLE, adjective1. Consistent; that may exist with; suitable; not incongruous; agreeable; followed by with; sometimes by to, but less properly.The poets have joined qualiti...
COMPATIBLENESS
COMPATIBLENESS, noun Consistency; fitness; agreement; the same as compatibility, which is generally used.
COMPATIBLY
COMPATIBLY, adverb Fitly; suitably; consistently.
COMPATIENT
COMPATIENT, adjective Suffering together.
COMPATRIOT
COMPATRIOT, noun A fellow patriot; one of the same country.COMPATRIOT, adjective Of the same country.
COMPEER
COMPEER, noun An equal; a companion; an associate; a mate.COMPEER, verb transitive To equal; to match; to be equal with.
COMPEL
COMPEL, verb transitive1. To drive or urge with force, or irresistibly; to constrain; to oblige; to necessitate, either by physical or moral force.Thou shalt not compel him to s...
COMPELLABLE
COMPELLABLE, adjective That may be driven, forced or constrained.
COMPELLABLY
COMPELLABLY, adverb By compulsion.
COMPELLATION
COMPELLATION, noun Style or manner of address; the word of salutation.The compellation of the Kings of France is by sire.
COMPELLED
COMPELLED, participle passive Forced; constrained; obliged.
COMPELLER
COMPELLER, noun One who compels or constrains.
COMPELLING
COMPELLING, participle present tense Driving by force; constraining; obliging.
COMPEND
COMPEND,COMPENDIARIOUS, adjective Short; contracted.
COMPENDIARIOUS
COMPENDIARIOUS, a. Short; contracted.
COMPENDIATE
COMPENDIATE, verb transitive To sum or collect together.
COMPENDIOUS
COMPENDIOUS, adjective1. Short; summary; abridged; comprehensive; containing the substance or general principles of a subject or work in a narrow compas; as a compendious system...
COMPENDIOUSLY
COMPENDIOUSLY, adverb In a short or brief; in epitome.The substance of christian belief is compendiously expressed in a few articles.
COMPENDIOUSNESS
COMPENDIOUSNESS, noun Shortness; brevity; comprehension in a narrow compass.
COMPENDIUM
COMPENDIUM, noun In literature, an abridgment; a summary; an epitome; a brief compilation or composition, containing the principal heads, or general principles, of a larger work...
COMPENSABLE
COMPENSABLE, adjective [See Compensate.] That may be compensated.
COMPENSATE
COMPENSATE, verb transitive1. To give equal value to; to recompense; to give an equivalent for services, or an amount lost or bestowed; to return or bestow that which makes good...
COMPENSATED
COMPENSATED, participle passive Recompensed; supplied with an equivalent in amount or effect; rewarded.
COMPENSATING
COMPENSATING, participle present tense Giving an equivalent; recompensing; remunerating.
COMPENSATION
COMPENSATION, noun1. That which is given or received as an equivalent for services, debt, want, loss, or suffering; amends; remuneration; recompense.All other debts may compensa...