Emily Dickinson Lexicon
Dictionary: COM-PAT'I-BLE – COM-PENS'A-BLE
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COM-PAT'I-BLE, a. [Fr. compatible; Sp. id.; Port. compativel; from the L. competo, to sue or seek for the same thing, to agree; con and peto, to seek.]
Consistent; that may exist with; suitable; not incongruous; agreeable; followed by with; sometimes by to, but less properly. The poets have joined qualities which by nature are the most compatible. – Broome. The office of a legislator and of a judge are deemed not compatible. To pardon offenders is not always compatible with public safety.
Consistency; fitness; agreement; the same as compatibility, which is generally used.
COM-PAT'I-BLY, adv.
Fitly; suitably; consistently.
COM-PA'TIENT, a. [L. con and patior.]
Suffering together. [Little used.] – Buck.
COM-PAT'RI-OT, a.
Of the same country. – Akenside.
COM-PAT'RI-OT, n. [It. compatriotta; Sp. compatriota; con or com and patriot.]
A fellow patriot; one of the same country.
Fellow patriotism.
COM-PEER', n. [L. compar; con and par, equal. See Peer.]
An equal; a companion; an associate; a mate. Philips.
COM-PEER', v.i. [L. compareo.]
To appear. [Obs.]
COM-PEER', v.t.
To equal; to match; to be equal with. – Shak.
COM-PEL', v.t. [L. compello, compellere; con and pello, to drive; Sp. compeler; Port. compellir. See Peal and Appeal.]
- To drive or urge with force, or irresistibly; to constrain; to oblige; to necessitate, either by physical or moral force; as, circumstances compel us to practice economy. Thou shalt not compel him to serve as a bond servant. – Levit. xxv. And they compel one Simon … to bear his cross. – Mark xv. Go out into the highways and hedges, and compel them to come in, that my house may be filled. – Luke xiv.
- To force; to take by force, or violence; to seize. The subjects' grief Comes through commissions, which compel from each / A sixth part of his substance. – Shak. [This sense is harsh, and not very common.] – Johnson.
- To drive together; to gather; to unite in a crowd or company. A Latinism, compellere gregem. In one troop compelled. – Dryden.
- To seize; to overpower; to hold. And easy sleep their weary limbs compelled. – Dryden. [Unusual.]
- To call forth, L. compellere. [Obs.] – Spenser.
COM-PEL'LA-BLE, a.
That may be driven, forced, or constrained.
COM-PEL'LA-BLY, adv.
By compulsion.
COM-PEL-LA'TION, n. [L. compellatio; compello, compellare, the same word as the preceding, applied to the voice; to send or drive out the voice.]
Style or manner of address; the word of salutation. The compellation of the Kings of France is by sire. – Temple.
COM-PEL'LA-TO-RY, a.
Compulsive.
COM-PEL'LED, pp.
Forced; constrained; obliged.
COM-PEL'LER, n.
One who compels or constrains.
COM-PEL'LING, ppr.
Driving by force; constraining; obliging.
COM'PEND, or COM-PEND'I-UM, n. [L. compendium.]
In literature, an abridgment; a summary; an epitome; a brief compilation or composition, containing the principal heads, or general principles, of a larger work or system.
Short; contracted. [Little used.]
COM-PEND'I-ATE, v.t.
To sum or collect together. [Not used.]
COM-PEND'I-OUS, a.
- Short; summary; abridged; comprehensive; containing the substance or general principles of a subject or work in a narrow compass; as, a compendious system of chimistry; a compendious grammar.
- Short; direct; near; not circuitous; a compendious way to acquire science.
COM-PEND'I-OUS-LY, adv.
In a short or brief manner; summarily; in brief; in epitome. The substance of Christian belief is compendiously expressed in a few articles. – Anon.
Shortness; brevity; comprehension in a narrow compass. – Bentley.
COM-PENS'A-BLE, a. [See Compensate.]
That may be compensated. [Little used.]