Emily Dickinson Lexicon

COM-PULS'A-TIVE-LY, adv.

By constraint or compulsion.

COM-PUL'SION, n. [Low L. compulsio. 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 irresistible. If reasons were as plenty as blackberries, I would give no man a reason on compulsion. – Shak. A man is excused for acts done through unavoidable force and compulsion. – Blackstone.
2. The state of being compelled or urged by violence.

COM-PUL'SIVE, a.

Having power to compel; driving; forcing; constraining; applying force; as, uniformity of opinions cannot be effected by compulsive measures.

COM-PUL'SIVE-LY, adv.

By compulsion; by force.

COM-PUL'SIVE-NESS, n.

Force; compulsion.

COM-PULS'O-RI-LY, adv.

In a compulsory manner; by force or constraint.

COM-PULS'O-RY, a.

Having the power or quality of compelling; applying force; driving by violence; constraining. In the correction of vicious propensities, it may be necessary to resort to compulsory measures.

COM-PUNC'TION, n. [L. compunctio, compungo; con and pungo, to prick or sting; It. compunzione, compugnere, or compungere; Sp. compuncion; Fr. componction. See Pungency.]

1. A pricking; stimulation; irritation; seldom used in a literal sense. – Brown.
2. A pricking of heart; poignant grief or remorse proceeding from a consciousness of guilt; the pain of sorrow or regret for having offended God, and incurred his wrath; the sting of conscience proceeding from a conviction of having violated a moral duty. He acknowledged his disloyalty to the king, with expressions of great compunction. Clarendon.

COM-PUNC'TION-LESS, a.

Not feeling compunction.

COM-PUNC'TIOUS, a.

Pricking the conscience; giving pain for offenses committed. Let no compunctious visitings of nature / Shake my fell purpose. – Shak.

COM-PUNC'TIVE, a.

Causing remorse. – Johnson.

COM-PU'PIL, n.

A fellow-pupil. [Little used.] – Walton.

COM-PURG-A'TION, n. [L. compurgo; con and purgo, to purify.]

In law, the act or practice of justifying a man by the oath of others who swear to their belief of his veracity; wager of law, in which a man who has given security to make his law, brings into court eleven of his neighbors, and having made oath himself that he does not owe the plaintif, the eleven neighbors, called compurgators, avow on their oaths that they believe in their consciences he has affirmed the truth. – Blackstone.

COM-PURG-A'TOR, n.

One who bears testimony or swears to the veracity or innocence of another. [See Compurgation.]

COM-PU'TA-BLE, a. [See Compute.]

Capable of being computed, numbered or reckoned. Hale.

COM-PU-TA'TION, n. [L. computatio, from computo. See Compute.]

1. The act of computing, numbering, reckoning or estimating; the process by which different sums or particulars are numbered, estimated, or compared, with a view to ascertain the amount, aggregate, or other result depending on such sums or particulars. We find by computation the quantity of provisions necessary to support an army for a year, and the amount of money to pay them; making the ration and pay of each man the basis of the computation. By computations of time or years, we ascertain the dates of events.
2. The sum, quantity or amount ascertained by computing, or reckoning. We pass for women of fifty: many additional years are thrown into female computations of this nature. – Addison.
3. Calculation.

COM-PUTE', n.

Computation. [Not used.] – Brown.

COM-PUTE', v.t. [L. computo, con and puto, 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 together several sums or particulars, to ascertain the amount or aggregate. Compute the quantity of water that will fill a vessel of certain dimensions, or that will cover the surface of the earth. Compute the expenses of a campaign. Compute time by weeks or days.
2. To cast or estimate in the mind; to estimate the amount by known or supposed data.
3. To calculate.

COM-PUT'ED, pp.

Counted; numbered; reckoned; estimated.

COM-PUT'ER, n.

One who computes; a reckoner; a calculator. – Swift.

COM-PUT'ING, ppr.

Counting; numbering; reckoning; estimating.

COM'PU-TIST, n.

A computer. [Not used.] – Wotton.

COM'RADE, n. [Fr. camarade; It. camerata; Sp. camarada; Port. camarada; from camara, camera, a chamber.]

Literally, one who lodges in the same room. Hence in a more general sense, a fellow, a mate or companion; an associate in occupation.

COM'RADE-SHIP, n.

State of being comrades.

COM'ROGUE, n.

A fellow rogue. [Not in use.] – B. Jonson.