Webster's Dictionary 1913

6184

Comprisal

Com‐pris″al (?), n. The act of comprising or comprehending; a compendium or epitome.A comprisal... and sum of all wickedness.Barrow.

6185

Comprise

Com‐prise″ (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p.Comprised (?); p. pr. & vb. n.Comprising.] [From F. compris, comprise, p. p. of comprendre, L. comprehendere. See Comprehend.] To comprehend; ...

6186

Comprobate

Com″pro‐bate (?), v. i. [L. comprobatus, p. p. of comprobare, to approve wholly.] To agree; to concur. Sir T. Elyot.

6187

Comprobation

Com′pro‐ba″tion (?), n. [L. comprobatio.] 1. Joint attestation; proof. Sir T. Browne.2. Approbation. Foxe.

6188

Compromise

Com″pro‐mise (?), n. [F. compromis, fr. L. compromissum a mutual promise to abide by the decision of an arbiter, fr. compromittere to make such a promise; com- + promittere to p...

6189

Compromise (2)

Com″pro‐mise, v. t. [imp. & p. p.Compromised (?); p. pr. & vb. n.Compromising.] [From Compromise, n.; cf. Compromit.] 1. To bind by mutual agreement; to agree.Laban and himself ...

6190

Compromise (3)

Com″pro‐mise, v. i. 1. To agree; to accord.2. To make concession for conciliation and peace.

6191

Compromiser

Com″pro‐mi′ser (?), n. One who compromises.

6192

Compromissorial

Com′pro‐mis‐so″ri‐al (?), a. Relating to compromise. Chalmers.

6193

Compromit

Com″pro‐mit′ (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p.Compromitted; p. pr. & vb. n.Compromitting.] [L. compromittere. See Compromise, n.] 1. To pledge by some act or declaration; to promise. Sta...

6194

Comprovincial

Com′pro‐vin″cial (?), a. Belonging to, or associated in, the same province. — n. One who belongs to the same province.The six islands, comprovincialIn ancient times unto Great B...

6195

Compsognathus

‖Comp‐sog″na‐thus (kŏmp‐sŏg″nȧ‐thŭs), n. [NL., fr. Gr. κομπόσ elegant, pretty + γνάθοσ jaw.] (Zoöl.) A genus of Dinosauria found in the Jurassic formation, and remarkable for ha...

6196

Compt

Compt (kount, formerly kŏmt; 215), n. [F. compte. See Count an account.] Account; reckoning; computation. Shak.

6197

Compt (2)

Compt, v. t. [F. compter. See Count, v. t.] To compute; to count. See Count.

6198

Compt (3)

Compt, a. [L. comptus, p. p. of comere to care for, comb, arrange, adorn.] Neat; spruce. Cotgrave.

6199

Compte rendu

‖Compte″ ren′du (?). A report of an officer or agent.

6200

Compter

Compt″er (?), n. A counter. Shak.

6201

Comptible

Compt″i‐ble (?), a. [See Compt, v. t.] Accountable; responsible; sensitive.I am very comptible even to the least sinister usage.Shak.

6202

Comptly

Compt″ly (?), adv. Neatly. Sherwood.

6203

Comptograph

Comp″to‐graph (?), n. [F. compter to count + -graph.] A machine for adding numbers and making a printed record of the sum.

6204

Comptometer

Comp‐tom″e‐ter (?), n. [See Count; -meter.] A calculating machine; an arithmometer.

6205

Comptrol

Comp‐trol″ (?), n. & v. See Control.

6206

Comptroler

Comp‐trol″er (?), n. A controller; a public officer whose duty it is to examine certify accounts.

6207

Compulsative

Com‐pul″sa‐tive (?), a. [From L. compulsare, v. intens. of compellere. See Compel.] Compulsatory. Shak.

6208

Compulsatively

Com‐pul″sa‐tive‐ly, adv. By compulsion.

6209

Compulsatory

Com‐pul″sa‐to‐ry (?), a. Operating with force; compelling; forcing; constraining; resulting from, or enforced by, compulsion.To recover of us, by strong handAnd terms compulsato...

6210

Compulsion

Com‐pul″sion (?), n. [L. compulsio. See Compel.] The act of compelling, or the state of being compelled; the act of driving or urging by force or by physical or moral constraint...