COMPULSATIVE
COMPULSATIVE, adjective [Latin, See Compel.] Compelling; forcing; constraining; operating by force.
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COMPULSATIVELY
COMPULSATIVELY, adverb By constraint or compulsion.
COMPULSION
COMPULSION, noun [Latin, See Compel.]1. The act of driving or urging by force, physical or moral; force applied; constraint of the will; the application of a force that is irres...
COMPULSIVE
COMPULSIVE, adjective Having power to compel; driving; forcing; constraining; applying force.Uniformity of opinions cannot be effected by compulsive measures.
COMPULSIVELY
COMPULSIVELY, adverb By compulsion; by force.
COMPULSIVENESS
COMPULSIVENESS, noun Force; compulsion.
COMPULSORILY
COMPULSORILY, adverb In a compulsory manner; by force or constraint.
COMPULSORY
COMPULSORY, adjective Having the power or quality of compelling; applying force; driving by violence; constraining.In the correction of vicious propensities, it may be necessary...
COMPUNCTION
COMPUNCTION, noun [Latin To prick or sting.]1. A pricking; stimulation; irritation; seldom used in a literal sense.2. A pricking of heart; poignant grief or remorse proceeding f...
COMPUNCTIOUS
COMPUNCTIOUS, adjective Pricking the conscience; giving pain for offenses committed.Let no compunctious visitings of nature shake my fell purpose.
COMPUNCTIVE
COMPUNCTIVE, adjective Causing remorse.
COMPUPIL
COMPUPIL, noun A fellow-pupil. [Little used.]
COMPURGATION
COMPURGATION, noun [Latin, To purify.] In law, the act or practice of instifying a man by the oath of others who swear to their belief of his veracity; wager of law, in which a ...
COMPURGATOR
COMPURGATOR, noun One who bears testimony or swears to the veracity or innocence of another. [See Compurgation.]
COMPUTABLE
COMPUTABLE, adjective [See Compute.] Capable of being computed, numbered or reckoned.
COMPUTATION
COMPUTATION, noun [Latin, See Compute.]1. The act of computing, numbering, reckoning or estimating; the process by which different sums or particulars are numbered, estimated, o...
COMPUTE
COMPUTE, verb transitive [Latin To lop or prune; to think, count, reckon; to cast up. The sense is probably to cast or throw together.]1. To number; to count; to reckon; to cast...
COMPUTED
COMPUTED, participle passive Counted; numbered; reckoned; estimated.
COMPUTER
COMPUTER, noun One who computes; a reckoner; a calculator.
COMPUTING
COMPUTING, participle present tense Counting; numbering; reckoning; estimating.
COMPUTIST
COMPUTIST, noun A computer. [Not used.]
COMRADE
COMRADE, noun, Literally, one who lodges in the same room. Hence in a more general sense, a fellow, a mate or companion; an associate in occupation.
COMROGUE
COMROGUE, noun, A fellow rogue. [Not in use.]
CONATUS
CONATUS, noun1. Effort; attempt.2. The tendency of a body towards any point, or to pursue its course in the same line of direction.
CONCAMERATE
CONCAMERATE, verb transitive [Latin To arch; an arch, arched roof, or chamber.] To arch over; to vault; to lay a concave over; as a concamerated bone.
CONCAMERATED
CONCAMERATED, participle passive Arched over.
CONCAMERATION
CONCAMERATION, noun An arching; an arch or vault.