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(',/, ,,/ ,m, | imavinmu- the ,1,-alh ,,l Ih,- king are 
HyiioiiynumH ternn ; ,-,,,..< siunjftiiig the imrp,, 
sign nl the mind or will, and not, as in ,, minimi .speech, 
the carrying such ,1,-si^n t,, clfect. Mu< 
5f. To canvass; reflect upon; ponder. 
\l,,n> ,la> h,- cmlm-it in hi-, ,1,-j,,- tliM-Jit, 
,\n,| at ,-,,, /,>/ the cas, ^ m In- c|, ,,, hert. 
;,. , ,.,-,, / y,,,,, (i;. i-;. ['. s.), 1. inn.i. 
6. To bend in the form of a circle or curve; 
make 
for 
T, 
of II peek. ,s/,,,t. M. W . of W., iii. :,. 
= Syn. 3. T,, achieve, bring aliout, cllcct, scenic. 
compass (kum'piis), ,i,li: [Short tor in (or to) COmpassionaryt (koni-pash on-a-n), <i. Com- 
a (OT the) compass : M compost, *.] 1. In a ]'''*"""<' <'otgnm. 
compass or curve; in ,n;-h, r//, at an elevation, compassionate (kom -push 'on-at), n. ami n. 
[< compassion + -afci. cf. .//I,,-/,,,/,,,*,. /,.,. 
ake circnl;ir<.rciirvecl: as, to minima timber COmpassIonable I kom-pash'on-a-bl), </. |<ro 
r a ship. [Obsolete ercepl to carpentry.] /w + -W..] l^en-ing of pity; pitial.l 
I,, I,,, COKpUMd, like a good bill,,,, in the circumference L ' 
ii lu at, -n- ' i .in ym hear * good man grout, 
Allll lint iclrllt, nr lint .-",/,', ,<,,, him 
lit \ll.l., It I. 
To wh'iiii shall I ni> case . -.nipLtin, 
lli:il mat ,-I.;H/|*I.,,| my llll|..(t I. Ill j;|-|rl ' 
/ .1:1 ' 
Never are the human prerogative! . , n,.l,h -n-playcd u 
h, II compamming III,- uickid .-in, I w.ak. 
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pitiable. 
I latinglliailiac, and then fullH into 
.1 IteU "( wiy UN, I COIHJ ml.ccility. 
They were tautened ,,n the light shoulder, and fell,,,,,, 
pax* down the back in gracious i,,i,i... 
/;. ./'iiiH'iti, Mas<|ue of Hymeii. 
Shoot not sn much ,-,,,,,ywi.*y ,- he hrief, nn, I answer me. 
Xhir/i'H, iMalefiil tenant, t. 1. 
Their arrows were nil shot compast, so at our men, 
itUXttnf single, eollld easily see ami avoid them. 
Ffettfvp, Hist. New England, I. 
2f. To the limit. 
I hane now 1) iu,l fiHijuintf, for Adams olde Apron must 
make Kne a new Klrtle. 
/..,//>/, Kuphucg and 1 
M' null, , -(<:.] I, a . 1. Chiiracferi/.ed by corn- 
passion ; full of compassion or pity; easily 
movi-.l to sympathy by the sufferings, w. 
or infirmities of others. 
re never was any heart truly great ami generous that 
was not also tender and compassionate. South, Sennmi.s. 
2f. Calling for or calculated to excite compas- 
sion; pitiable; pitiful. 
Your case la truly a compassion!' 
Colman, English Merchant, v 1. 
Besides Its ordinary ilgnlhYatlnu, c,,,,,/u'cmnf . . . 
lii] used to mean ' of a nature to move jut t 
/'. l/ull, M,,,|. Eng., p. !1. 
compear 
compass-signal (kiim'],ii- 
ill-noting a point of th m,- 
compass-timber (knm'pjM-tim'Mr), . In 
,,',/,., ,-urved or crooked timber. 
COmpasS-WindOW (kum ' pas- win do), ii. Iii 
ni'i-li.. a bow-window or oriel the plan of which 
is a segment of a circle. 
COmpaSt. All obsolete ol- occasional pi- 
ami |,asl partieiplc ,,; 
compaternityt (kom-pf-tir'nl-ti), >. [= F. 
rnttiftnti rmfi' Sj>. I'nirtfiufi nniitlil .- 1'n;. finnim- 
'", MI,, run, pill, , 
a godfather, < I.. </-. with, + /mli-r = I 
iin / .',/, and <!'. rniiiiiii n . ] 
The relation of a godfatlr 
Uo- mull law, l> a 
tlial affinity 
Compatibility fkom-pat-i-bil'j -til, ;,. [; 
liiihlili- (See -I, ill/if}; 1-'. i-nmiHililiilili . etc.| 
Tin' onality of l,.-ino- compaiibli-. i-,, , 
tency ; (h, 
i England, p. 323. 
COmpassable (kum'pas-a-bl), a. [< ruiitpiixx + 
-able.] Capable of being compassed. 
compass-board (kum'pas-bord), . Aii upright 3f. Complaining. [Rare.] 
lioard throue>li which the neck-twines pass in \or. What Is thy sentence, then, but |.eechleas death, 
certain forms of looms; a hole-board. Which r,,l,s m\ i,,n-u, fr,,m breathing native breath? 
compass-bowl (kum'pas-bol), . Same as com- , *' Rich - u . IKK ' IS ','" ' ''"" '" '"' ''""i"'"'""""- 
naSsJtnx After our sentence plaining comes too late. 
compass-box (kum'pas-boks), n. The glass- compassionate allowance, a gratuity'^antt/by 'ihe 
covered box containing the compMW lie a ml goTarnmeni tc tLl iridom Sudrin and aOuM ipMiflad 
-card. See compass, T. relatives of deceased Hritish naval anil military .,ni, .-is 
compass-brick (kum'pas-brik), n. A brick l^t in necesslUius circumstances. =Syn. 1. Tender, mer- 
Sw ;;;'s;t's.^ h - -* - 'toVttR&uS:** . 
compass-card (knm'pas-kiird), n. The circular 
card belonging to a compass. See compass, 1. 
compass-dial (kum'pas-dVal), . Asmallsun- 
dial fitted into a box to be carried in the pock- 
et, and so arranged that the gnomon of the 
dial may be adjusted to the meridian by means 
of an attached compass-needle. 
compassed (kum'past), p. a. [Pp. of compami, 
r.] 1. Surrounded. 2. Obtained; accom- 
plished; secured. 
The weary ycare his race now having run, 
The new begins his compast course anew. 
Spenser, Honnets, Ixli. 
3f. Hound; arched. 
commiserates. 
_ compassionate (kom-pash'ou-at), ..; pret. 
and pp. compasxionated, pj>r. compasgionalinij. 
Two fairer beasts might not elsewhere lie found, 
Although the compost world were sought around. 
The( 
window. 
S/ia*., T. and C., 1. 2. 
The tombs are not longer nor larger than fitting the In- 
cluded bodies, each of one stone higher at the head then 
feet, an<t ro'<i.vf above. Sandys, Travailes, p. 26. 
[< compassion + -te 2 .] To have compassion 
for ; pity ; commiserate. 
I really compassiotiate this gentleman for his want of 
discernment in the choice of friends. 
Goldsmith, Criticisms. 
Compassionate the num'rous woes 
I dare not e'en to thee disclose. 
Coifper, Secrete of Divine Love (trans.). 
compassionately (kom-pash'on-at-li), ode. In 
a compassionate manner; with compassion; 
mercifully. 
cpmpassibnateness (kom-pash'on-at-nes), n. 
The quality of being compassionate. 
compassionativet (kom-pash'on-a-tiv), a. [< 
<' nn passionate, v., + -ire.'] Same as compas- 
sionate. 
Nor would hee have permitted his compassionatioe na- 
ture to imagine, etc. 
Sir K. Digby, Olw. on Religio Medici, p. 12. 
compass-headed (kum 'pas- bed *ed), a. In compassless (kum'pas-les), a. [< compass + 
arch., circular: as, "a compass-headed arch," -less.] Having no compass ; wanting guidance. 
Weale. [Rare.] 
compassing (kum'pas-ing),^. a. [Ppr. of com- compassmentt, n. [< ME. compassement, also 
pass, !'.] In nhip-ouildin<i, incurvated, curved, compacement, s OF. compassement, < compasser, 
or bent : as, compassing timbers. See compass, compass: see compass, .] Contrivance; pur- 
v. t., 6. 
compassion (kom-pash'ou), ii. [< ME. compas- 
sion, < OF. compassion, F. compassion = Pr. 
compassio = Sp. compasion = It. compassione, 
< LL. compassio(n-), sympathy, < compati (ML. 
"compatire, > It. compatire = Pr. F. compatir), 
pp. compassus, suffer together with, < L. com-, ,, 
together^ + pati, suffer! see jNMrtM.] Liter- compass-needle (kum pas-ne"dl), . The mag- 
ally, a suffering with another; hence, a feel- ' lzed Ile f dle /, a com P a f; **"> compass, 7. 
ing of sorrow or pity excited by the sufferings Cpm^ass-plane (kum pas-plan), . A carpen- 
or misfortnnos of another; sympathy; com- , ters : P Ia " e similar to a smoothing-plane, but 
miseration pitv having its under surface convex. It is used to 
H /' form a concave surface. 
He, being full of co mpain o n , forgave theiHniquity. compaSS-plant (kum 'pas-plant), n. 1. A tall, 
...... ' coarse composite plant, Silphium laciniatum, 
His majesty hath had more compassion of other men s 
necessities thau of his own coffers. 
Raleigh, Hist. World, Pref., p. 19. 
Moved with compassion of my country's wrack. 
Shuk., 1 Hen. VI., ill. 1. 
pose; design; a carrying into execution; ac- 
complishment. Chaucer. 
Men may well preven be experience and sotylenTmuffuw- 
ment of Wytt, that zlf a man fond passages be Schipixii, 
that wolde go to serchen the World, men niyghte go be 
Schippe alle aboute the World, and alxiven and Win-then. 
, Travels, p. ISO. 
I'l'wlce used in the plural in tin- authorized version of the 
Bible. 
common upon the western prairies of North 
America. It has large divided leaves, which stand ver- 
ticully : the radical ones, especially, are disposed to place 
their edges north and smith, whence the name. The two 
sides of the leaves are found to l>e nearly the same in 
structure and equally furnished with stomata. Also called 
' 
It is of the Lord's mercies that wo are not consumed, 2 - Tbe Lactuca scariola, a European species of 
>ecaue his compassiotu fall not. Lam. Iii. 22. lettuce, similarly characterized. 
Shew mercy and i-oinpastions (compassion in the revised COmpaSS-rOOf (kum'pas-rof), n. A gable-roof 
id COlUfHUiKK 
version] every man to his brother. " Zech. vii. u. ] 
= Syn. Oonuttfitratien, >',//,,;>rtMi/, etc. (see pity), klml- 
H6M, temlenicss, ch-ineiiey. fellow-feeling. . 
compassion (kom-pash'on), r. <. [< compassion, compass-saw (kura'pas-sA), n. A saw with a 
H. : = F. I'liiiipiixHiiiiK-r. etc.] To compassionate ; narrow blade, used to cut in a circle of moder- 
pity; commiserate. [Obsolete or archaic.] ate radius. 
constructed in such a way that a tie from the 
foot of eac b rafter meets the opposite rafter at 
a considerable distance above its foot. 
II '.--,, ,'' ''', : 1 -I t I, h pi ,-|.- M I- - 1,1 
,,m- thlli({. Bar,,,,,, ,, r k-, II. ix. 
niai'lciiett; congeniality : as, teomfatibiliin ,,1 1- ,,, 
pen. Also sometimes cttwpatiliUne**. 
compatible (kom-pai'i-1,1), n. \< v. ,/,/,(;/,/,/< 
= Sp. OOmpafloia =Pg. cinpntir<i = ll. i-iiinpii- 
tiliili . cninpatible, concnrrable, < ML. i-<>" 
bilis (in compatitrile In -m liriiim. a benedcc which 
could be held together with another one), < 1,1.. 
i-iiiiipiiti, sutler with: see cniiipasstan, .] 1. 
Capable of coexisting or being found together 
in the same subject; consistent ; reconcilable : 
now followed by with, formerly sometimes by 
The object of the will 1s such a good as ls campatiblt to 
an intellectual nature. Sir M. Hale, i h jg. of Mankind. 
Let us not . . . require ... a union of excellencies not 
quite compatible with each other. 
Sir J. Heynolds, IMs., lv. 
The maintenance of an essentially religious attitude of 
mind ii rompatMf with absolute freedom of speculation 
on all subjects, whether scientific or metaphysical. 
J. t'iske, Evolutionist, p. 274. 
2. Capable of existing together in harmony; 
suitable ; agreeable ; congenial ; congruous. 
Not repugnant, but compatible. 
Xir T. .Vow, Works, p. 485. 
Every man may claim the fullest liberty to exercise Ills 
faculties compatible with the jxwaession of like liberty by 
every other man. //. Spencer, Social .Statics, p. 94. 
= Syn. Consistent (with), accordant (with), congruous 
(with), congenial (to), In keeping (with). For compari- 
son, see infompatiMf. 
compatibleness (kom-pat'i-bl-nes), w. Same 
as compatibility. 
compatibly (kom-pat'i-bli), a</>. In a compat- 
ible manner; fitly; suitably; consistently. 
compatientt (kom-pa'shent), a. [< ME. com- 
pacient = It. eompneiente, < LL. compatien(t-)s. 
pp. of compati, suffer with: see compassion, n.) 
Suffering together. 
Be ye compacieitt. Wyclif, 1 Pet W. 8(Oxf.). 
Tlie sameeompafiV/it ami commorient fates. 
Sir ',. /;,<. Hist. Rich. III. 
compatriot (kom-pa'tri-ot), n. and a. [< F. com- 
patriote = Sp. Pg. compatriota, Sp. (obs.) com- 
patrioto = It. compatriota, compatriotta, < ML. 
compatriota, compatriotus (also compatrianus, 
compatriensis), < L. com-, together, + LL. pa- 
triota, a countryman: see patriot. Cf. copa- 
lrint.\ I. n. An inhabitant of the same coun- 
try with another; a fellow-countryman. 
The shipwrecked goods Ixtth of strangers and our own 
compatriots. Bp. Hall, Cases of Conscience, i. 4. 
Clement VI., with his easy temper, was least likely to 
restrain that proverbial vice of popes . . . nepotism. 
On his brothers, nephews, kin, I re, I. relatives, compatriots. 
were accumulated grants, lieneftces, promotions. 
Milnnni. Latin Christianity, xii. 9. 
H. a. 1. Of the same country. [Rare.] 
To my compatriot youth 
I point the high example of thy sons. 
Atrtuiae, 1'leasures of Imagination, I. 
2. Animated by love of a common country: 
united in patriotism ; patriotic. [Rare.] 
She [Britain] rears to freedom an undaunted race, 
Compatriot, zealous, hospitable, kind. 
Tlttit*fni, Lilierty, v. 
compatriotism (kom-pa'tri-ot-izm), n. [< com- 
patriot + -ism; = F. MMpoMOMMk] The 
state of being a compatriot or fellow-country- 
man. Quarterly Rev. 
compear (kom -per'), r. i. [Also compeer; = 
It. comparire = (with term. nit. < L. -escere) F. 
comparaStre = Pr. comparcisser = Sp. Pg. com- 
parecer, appear before a judge, < L. comparere, 
conpnrere, appear, < com-, together, + parere. 
appear: seeoyi/xw.] To appear; in Scots late, 
