Chapter 312

I was determined not to accept any fine speeches, to the compromise of that sex the belonging to which was, after all, my strongest claim and title to them. Lamb.

Compromise <Xpage=292>

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. [Obs.]

Laban and himself were compromised That all the eanlings which were streaked and pied Should fall as Jacob's hire. Shak.

2. To adjust and settle by mutual concessions; to compound.

The controversy may easily be compromised . Fuller.

3. To pledge by some act or declaration; to endanger the life, reputation, etc., of, by some act which can not be recalled; to expose to suspicion.

To pardon all who had been compromised in the late disturbances. Motley.

Compromise <Xpage=292>

Com"pro*mise , v. i. 1. To agree; to accord. [Obs.]

2. To make concession for concilation and peace.

Compromiser <Xpage=292>

Com"pro*mi`ser (?) , n. One who compromises.

Compromissorial <Xpage=292>

Com`pro*mis*so"ri*al (?) , a. Relating to compromise. [R.]

Chalmers.

Compromit <Xpage=292>

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.

State Trials (1529).

2. To put to hazard, by some indiscretion; to endanger; to compromise; as, to compromit the honor or the safety of a nation .

Comprovincial <Xpage=292>

Com`pro*vin"cial (?) , a. Belonging to, or associated in, the same province. [Obs.] -- n. One who belongs to the same province. [Obs.]

The six islands, comprovincial In ancient times unto Great Britiain. Spenser.

Comsognathus <Xpage=292>

Com*sog"na*thus (? <?/) , n. [NL., fr. Gr. <?/ elegant, pretty + <?/ jaw.] (Zo\'94l.) A genus of Dinosauria found in the Jurassic formation, and remarkable for having several birdlike features.

Compt <Xpage=292>

Compt (kount, formerly k\'cemt; 215) , n. [F. compte . See Count an account.] Account; reckoning; computation. [Obs.]

Shak.

Compt <Xpage=292>

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

Compt <Xpage=292>

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

Cotgrave.

Compter <Xpage=292>

Compt"er (?) , n. A counter. [Obs.]

Shak.

Compte rendu <Xpage=292>

Compte" ren`du (?) . [F.] A report of an officer or agent.

Comptible <Xpage=292>

Compt"i*ble (?) , a. [See Compt , v. t. ] Accountable; responsible; sensitive. [Obs.]

I am very comptible even to the least sinister usage. Shak.

Comptly <Xpage=292>

Compt"ly (?) , adv. Neatly. [Obs.]

Sherwood.

Comptrol <Xpage=292>

Comp*trol" (?) , n. & v. See Control .

Comptroler <Xpage=292>

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

Compulsative <Xpage=292>

Com*pul"sa*tive (?) , a. [From L. compulsare , v. intens. of compellere . See Compel .] Compulsatory. [R.]

Shak.

Compulsatively <Xpage=292>

Com*pul"sa*tive*ly , adv. By compulsion. [R.]

Compulsatory <Xpage=292>

Com*pul"sa*to*ry (?) , a. Operating with force; compelling; forcing; constraininig; resulting from, or enforced by, compulsion. [R.]

To recover of us, by strong hand And terms compulsatory , those foresaid lands. Shak.

Compulsion <Xpage=292>

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; subjection to force.

If reasons were as plentiful as blackberries, I would give no man a reason upon compulsion . Shak.

With what complusion and laborious flight We sunk thus low. Milton.

Syn. -- See Constraint .

Compulsive <Xpage=292>

Com*pul"sive (?) , a. Having power to compel; exercising or applying compulsion.

Religion is . . . inconsistent with all compulsive motives. Sharp.

Compulsively <Xpage=292>

Com*pul"sive*ly , adv. By compulsion; by force.

Compulsorily <Xpage=292>

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

Compulsory <Xpage=292>

Com*pul"so*ry (?) , a. [LL. compulsorius .] 1. Having the power of compulsion; constraining.

2. Obligatory; enjoined by authority; necessary; due to complusion.

This contribution therestening fall infinitely short of their hopes, they soon made it compulsory . Burke.

Compunct <Xpage=292>

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

Compunction <Xpage=292>

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; stimulation. [Obs.]

That acid piecering spirit which, with such activity and compunction , invadeth the brains and nostrils. Sir T. Browne.

2. A picking of heart; poignant grief proceeding from a sense of guilt or consciousness of causing pain; the sting of conscience.

He acknowledged his disloyalty to the king, with expressions of great compunction . Clarendon.

Syn. -- Compunction , Remorse , Contrition . Remorse is anguish of soul under a sense of guilt or consciousness of having offened God or brought evil upon one's self or others. Compunction is the pain occasioned by a wounded and awakened conscience. Neither of them implies true contrition , which denotes self-condemnation, humiliation, and repentance. We speak of the gnawings of remorse ; of compunction for a specific act of transgression; of deep contrition in view of our past lives. See Regret .

Compunctionless <Xpage=292>

Com*punc"tion*less , a. Without compunction.

Compunctious <Xpage=292>

Com*punc"tious (?) , a. Of the nature of compunction; caused by conscience; attended with, or causing, compunction.

That no compunctious vistings of nature Shake my fell purpose. Shak.

Compunctiously <Xpage=292>

Com*punc"tious*ly , adv. With compunction.

Compunctive <Xpage=292>

Com*punc"tive (?) , a. Sensitive in respect of wrongdoing; conscientious. [Obs.]

Jer. Taylor.

Compurgation <Xpage=292>

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 a man's veracity by the oath of others; -- called also wager of law . See Purgation ; also Wager of law , under Wager .

2. Exculpation by testimony to one's veracity or innocence.

He was privileged from his childhood from suspicion of incontinency and needed no compurgation . Bp. Hacket.

Compurgator <Xpage=292>

Com"pur*ga`tor (?) , n. [LL.] One who bears testimony or swears to the veracity or innocence of another. See Purgation ; also Wager of law , under Wager . <-- = character witness. -->

All they who know me . . . will say they have reason in this matter to be my compurgators . Chillingworth.

Compurgatorial <Xpage=292>

Com*pur`ga*to"ri*al (?) , a. Relating to a compurgator or to compurgation. "Their compurgatorial oath."

Milman.

Computable <Xpage=292>

Com*put"a*ble (?) , a. [L. computabilis .] Capable of being computed, numbered, or reckoned.

Not easily computable by arithmetic. Sir M. Hale.

<-- computable number. -->

Computation <Xpage=292>

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 backward from ourselves. Bacon.

2. The result of computation; the amount computed.

Syn. -- Reckoning; calculation; estimate; account.

Compute <Xpage=292>

Com*pute" (?) , v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Computed ; p. pr. & vb. n. Computing .] [L. computare . See Count , v. t. ] To determine calculation; to reckon; to count.

Two days, as we compute the days of heaven. Milton.

What's done we partly may compute , But know not what's resisted. Burns.

Syn. -- To calculate; number; count; recken; estimate; enumerate; rate. See Calculate .

Compute <Xpage=292>

Com*pute" , n. [L. computus : cf. F. comput .] Computation. [R.]

Sir T. Browne.

Computer <Xpage=292>

Com*put"er (?) , n. One who computes.

<-- a machine which computes -->

Computist <Xpage=292>

Com"pu*tist (?) , n. A computer.

Comrade <Xpage=292>

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 associate.

And turned my flying comrades to the charge. J. Baillie.

I abjure all roofs, and choose . . . To be a comrade with the wolf and owl. Shak.

Comradery <Xpage=292>

Com"rade*ry (?) , n. [Cf. F. camarederie .] The spirit of comradeship; comradeship. [R.]

"Certainly", said Dunham, with the comradery of the smoker. W. D. Howells.

Comradeship <Xpage=292>

Com"rade*ship , n. The state of being a comrade; intimate fellowship.

Comrogue <Xpage=292>

Com"rogue` (?) , n. A fellow rogue. [Obs.]

Comtism <Xpage=292>

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

Comtist <Xpage=292>

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

Con <Xpage=292>

Con - (<?/). A prefix, fr. L. cum , signifying with , together , etc. See Com -.

Con <Xpage=292>

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 .

Con <Xpage=292>

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 understand; to acknowledge. [Obs.]

Of muses, Hobbinol, I con no skill. Spenser.

They say they con to heaven the highway. Spenser.

2. To study in order to know; to peruse; to learn; to commit to memory; to regard studiously.

Fixedly did look Upon the muddy waters which he conned As if he had been reading in a book. Wodsworth.

I did not come into Parliament to con my lesson. Burke.

To con answer , to be able to answer. [Obs.] -- To con thanks , to thank; to acknowledge obligation. [Obs.]

Shak.

Con <Xpage=292>

Con , v. t. [See Cond .] (Naut.) To conduct, or superintend the steering of (a vessel); to watch the course of (a vessel) and direct the helmsman how to steer.

Conacre <Xpage=292>

Con*a"cre (?) , v. t. To underlet a proportion of, for a single crop; -- said of a farm. [Ireland]

Conacre <Xpage=292>

Con*a"cre , n. A system of letting a proportion of a farm for a single crop. [Ireland] Also used adjectively; as, the conacre system or principle .

Mozley & W.

Conarium <Xpage=292>

Co*na"ri*um (?) , n. [NL., fr. Gr. <?/.] (Anat.) The pineal gland.

Conation <Xpage=292>

Co*na"tion (?) , n. [L. conatio .] (Philos.) The power or act which directs or impels to effort of any kind, whether muscular or psychical.

Of conation , in other words, of desire and will. J. S. Mill.

Conative <Xpage=292>

Co"na*tive (? &or; ?) , a. [See Conatus .] Of or pertaining to conation.

This division of mind into the three great classes of the cognitive faculties, the feelings, . . . and the exertive or conative powers, . . . was first promulgated by Kant. Sir W. Hamilton.

Conatus <Xpage=292>

Co*na"tus (?) , n. [L., fr. conatus , p. p. of conari to attempt.] A natural tendency inherent in a body to develop itself; an attempt; an effort.

What conatus could give prickles to the porcupine or hedgehog, or to the sheep its fleece? Paley.

Concamerate <Xpage=292>

Con*cam"er*ate (?) , v. t. [L. concameratus , p. p. of concamerare to arch over. See Camber .] 1. To arch over; to vault.

Of the upper beak an inch and a half consisteth of one concamerated bone. Grew.

2. To divide into chambers or cells.

Woodward.

Concameration <Xpage=292>

Con*cam`er*a"tion (?) , n. [L. concameratio .] 1. An arch or vault.

2. A chamber of a multilocular shell.

Glanvill.

Concatenate <Xpage=292>

Con*cat"e*nate (?) , v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Concatenated ; p. pr. & vb. n. Concatenating .] [L. concatenatus , p. p. of concatenare to concatenate. See Catenate .] To link together; to unite in a series or chain, as things depending on one another.

This all things friendly will concatenate . Dr. H. More

Concatenation <Xpage=292>

Con*cat`e*na"tion (?) , n. [L. concatenatio .] A series of links united; a series or order of things depending on each other, as if linked together; a chain, a succession.

The stoics affirmed a fatal, unchangeable concatenation of causes, reaching even to the illicit acts of man's will. South.

A concatenation of explosions. W. Irving.

Concause <Xpage=292>

Con*cause" (?) , n. A joint cause.

Fotherby.

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Concavation <Xpage=294>

Con`ca*va"tion (?) , n. The act of making concave.

Concave <Xpage=294>

Con"cave (? &or; ?; 277) , a. [L. concavus ; con- + cavus hollow: cf. F. concave . See Cave a hollow.] 1. Hollow and curved or rounded; vaulted; -- said of the interior of a curved surface or line, as of the curve of the of the inner surface of an eggshell, in opposition to convex ; as, a concave mirror; the concave arch of the sky.

2. Hollow; void of contents. [R.]

As concave . . . as a worm-eaten nut. Shak.

Concave <Xpage=294>

Con"cave , n. [L. concavum .] 1. A hollow; an arched vault; a cavity; a recess.

Up to the fiery concave towering hight. Milton.

2. (Mech.) A curved sheath or breasting for a revolving cylinder or roll.

Concave <Xpage=294>

Con"cave , v. t. [ imp. & p. p. concaved (<?/) ; p. pr.& vb. n. Concaving .] To make hollow or concave.

Concaved <Xpage=294>

Con"caved (?) , a. (Her.) Bowed in the form of an arch; -- called also arched .

Concaveness <Xpage=294>

Con"cave*ness , n. Hollowness; concavity.

Concavity <Xpage=294>

Con*cav"i*ty (?) , n. ; pl. Concavities (#) . [L. concavitas : cf. F. concavit\'82 . See Concave .] A concave surface, or the space bounded by it; the state of being concave.

Concavo-concave <Xpage=294>

Con*ca`vo-con"cave (?) , a. Concave or hollow on both sides; double concave.

Concavo-convex <Xpage=294>

Con*ca`vo-con"vex (?) , a. 1. Concave on one side and convex on the other, as an eggshell or a crescent.

2. (Optics) Specifically, having such a combination of concave and convex sides as makes the focal axis the shortest line between them. See Illust . under Lens .

Concavous <Xpage=294>

Con*ca*"vous (?) , a. [L. concavus .] Concave.

Abp. potter.

-- Con*ca"vous*ly , adv.

Conceal <Xpage=294>

Con*ceal" (?) , v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Concealed (?) ; p. pr. & vb. n. Concealing .] [OF. conceler , L. concelare ; con- + celare to hide; akin to AS. helan , G. hehlen, E. hele ( to cover ), helmet . See Hell , Helmet .] To hide or withdraw from observation; to cover; to cover or keep from sight; to prevent the discovery of; to withhold knowledge of.

It is the glory of God to conceal a thing. Prov. xxv. 2.

Declare ye among the nations, . . . publish and conceal not. Jer. 1. 2.

He which finds him shall deserve our thanks, . . . He that conceals him, death. Shak.

Syn. -- To hide; secrete; screen; cover; disguise; dissemble; mask; veil; cloak; screen. -- To Conceal , Hide , Disguise , Dissemble , Secrete . To hide is the generic term, which embraces all the rest. To conceal is simply not make known what we wish to keep secret. In the Bible hide often has the specific meaning of conceal . See 1 Sam. iii. 17, 18 . To disguise or dissemble is to conceal by assuming some false appearance. To secrete is to hide in some place of secrecy. A man may conceal facts, disguise his sentiments, dissemble his feelings, secrete stolen goods.

Bur double griefs afflict concealing hearts. Spenser.

Both dissemble deeply their affections. Shak.