Compsothlypis 
The common him- yellow I, a.k 
States, 1'. Him', i,:i, ni . is Ihc t)pe; 
spi 
ilarl.ler of the I llite.l 
there are -c\eral ulli, r 
1 1.-.7 
IScfore ealamilv sh. her WOCS, 
shivers th, m in ,<,//,,//>.>/ al.hoii 
flu, ,1,, II.- /;,:, ill, , \ i||,. U.., wiii 
im ^!;;';;:e:h-o'ro;J ?,:;;,,;,:';;; :;;'';;; ',,. compulsion ^.i*,^, ,, ,= ;;; 
igingtothe I aniily (II ii nli i/ in In, In. Tii,.\ have 
rr ^n., ; yM,,opho r;; Y,, r/r , or beetles,^ 
belonging to the family Olioi-hum-hida: Th, v have 
'/'inn-/ 
F. 
tii.- ii itarnal ptooi . diagonally divided int.. two maily 
c.|llal pal ts ; a ineiitum of i Idalc -i/c ami not retract, ,1 ; 
a thorax without ocular loin - ami not llinl.iiale behind 
the i-jo,; gclia- cinaijin.itc i- the n.aii.ll hies ; the 
rostrum short; the tenth elytra! stria continent with the 
ninth; the claws not connate; the articular .surface of the 
hind Ubte Cavernous and scaly; an. I the ant, nn i' 
passing the eyes. 'I'lle ft|iecies are densely s,ah, al.ovc 
middlc si/c. an, I inhai.il Ueiico, Central America, and 
paitieularly South Amciica. 
COmpt't, ii. ami r. An obsolete spelling of 
COmpt'-'t ( kompt ),n. [= Oil. i-nin/ilii, < \ t .i-i, IH/I 
tu/s, cumins, ndorileil, elegant, pp. of cnnn ,;, 
take care of, bring together, < <-, together, 
+ ciiifiT, buy, oi-it;. lake: see iin/ilinii. ( 'f . 
prom/it.] X.'-at ; spruce. 
\ ,-u/n,.f, ac. iimpli.shcil prince. Knci.l 
comptable (koun'tii-bl; F. pron. koi'i-tabl'), . 
tnunon = I'g. comjnusSo. < \.\,. compuln 
I., i-oiiiji, II, i-i-. pp. rttiii/iiilxi/x : so,- I-II/H/II I. | The 
application (Ion person ) of superior force, phys- 
ical or moral, overpowering or overruling Iiis 
preferences; the force applied; constraint, phys- 
ical or moral. 
If I- s pleat) as hlai kl,cni, s, | won], I gin- 
i:"i a re. is ij,,ni ,..i,i f inl, ,:.,,. >/!., 1 ||, n. |V., ji. 4. 
Wherever (bought i-wh.,lh wanting, or the ],,,wcr to 
oil of thought, tin ic 
neceit> takes place, I hi-, iii an agent , apal.l, -..f t.ili 
1 1 ..I i w hen the hcuinning ..r , tin nation of any a. i 
col, llalj to the piclrlclll -,. of III- mill, I. is I , 
,nderiug or stopping any action i 
tiaiy t,, his \ohti,,n. it is call, .1 
Unman I n, let standing, II. i. 13. 
Nevertheless, It is n m ih n the laws made hy I 
are so tieath m, reailna the ,-,,i,, ; ,i;/ . naints 
i '] "\ . r . it!/, us, t hat among I '..n-< I v al i v> - who suf- 
fer from thin aggressive) i. rowing up a ' 
cy to resist It. //, >>...,. Man vs. state, p. 17. 
ompiaDie (Kiin ra-oi; v. pron. u.m-tabl ), . w "> . //, .v/ /,. Man \s. state, p. 17. 
[F.: see coiin/iililr.\ In l-'n ti,-lt-r,i,iiiili<ni line, Actual compulsion, in ', the illegal exercise oi 
one who has been intrusted with the manage- ''> """"' I'd'son. compelling the commission of an act In 
M,CM, of the money or the administrate of the *%%& ftBlSW1^3K^'% 
compurgatory 
om-pungk' 1 
+ -/'-'.] Feeling compunction. 
compunction (kgm-pungk'thgn), . [ 
I'IIIII/II,H,-II<III = Sp. riiin/iuii. 
= It. compun:iiini, < 1.1,. <-<;m///ir/ioi >. < L. 
<;nti]iiin<i, i -i . pp. i;>iiif,ititi-tiix, prick, stin^: i-ec 
i;iiii/iiiii,-t.} If. Aprickin^; st imnlatioM ; irri- 
tation. 
Thin In that acid an. I pier, in 
tivily an, I anapmutian invadi-th the l, rains an. I n,.stril 
,^. \ ulg. llrr. 
2. The stinging or pricking of the conscience; 
uneasiness cutise.l by tenilern, . icnce 
or I'. cliiiL.'s; regret, as for wrong-doing or for 
giving pain to another; contrition; reim. 
He acknowledge . u to the king with tj 
pretdloiu of great contpu,, 
It i> a work of miieli le.-s dittliully to make a good 
'MII of a profcsiM.! in ill 
I 'III l-l Ian, who now lives Ilk. -an heathen. I,, a I. I mg in-line 
of his Bins, and to any degree of true rrmornc ai. 
n of heart for them. 
Bp. Attrrbury, .Semuinil, II. \>ii 
Compunction weeps our guilt away, 
The sinner's safety U his pain. 
' .11 of Justice. 
_ , =8yn. 2. A'---/''' 1 /, Rfmnrtf, et- 
hni, in lib presence anil by Usoomn COmpUDCtionleSS ki.iii-iiiniu'k 'slioii-les), a. [< 
;,;;;;;-;, -,;;;;, ^ SS + S^T K^ 
or regret or remorse. 
< com- 
prick- 
regret, 
wmfHiMtarto paya legacy bequeathed per damnatlonem. or remorse. 
,.-. Brit., X.\. 686. Htop up the Kceu Wld p.Mume to remorM ; 
cornptant , P. pron. kA? -t*'), ^ = 8 ^-' d^ouT^greToTreinorse 6111 
I . og. ppr. ol coinpli-r: see com ft.] Ready com p u l sitor (kom-pul-si-tor), n. [Cf. compul- COmpunctionst (kom-pungk'shus), fl. [< 
inj, uisn, ] sntnni.] In Si-otn (an; compulsion. punetion + -mix. ] ('ausingcompnnction; t 
COmpterit, . AM obsolete spelling of ro/ e rl. lhli ; li ,, lti , 111M , !lllw , !ln i.Hrwhorefusedwlthout judielal ">(? the conscience ; causing mWiving, r! 
COmpter'-' (koun'.cr). ,, See ,**. **'** m *tt!!x<S. ' "" 
cpmptlblet (koun'ti-bl), a. [A doubtful word, compulsive (kom-pul'siv), a. [= F. compuMf 
found only in the passage cited, appar. for _ gp. C ompi<Mn>, < L. CMMWlnw, pp. of coni- 
mptable, yar ol cmmtnlil,- m i a ^ peculiar ^/fe^ compel: see compel, compulge.] Exer- COmt 
Tliat no cotHjntnctiint* vlaltfngR of nature 
Shake my fell purpose. 
>**., Macheth, I. 6. 
sense : see countable, accountable.] Sensitive, 
or (in another view) tractable. See etymology. 
I am very cnmptMr, en n I., the least sinister usage. 
.-*,/*-., T. N., I. 5. 
comptlyt (kompt'li), <idi\ Neatly, fiherwood. 
comptnesst (k [il'nes), H. Neatness. 
COmptoir (F. pron. kon-twor' ), . [F., < comptcr, 
count : see count 1 ami <;iiinti-r 1 .] 1. A counter. 
2. A counting-house. 
Comptonia (komp-to'ni-ii), M. [NL., named 
after Henry C<>Hi/,tii ( l(i:(L'-1713), Bishop of 
London and a patron of botany.] 1. In hot., 
a genus of shrubby apetalous plants, allied to 
Myrica and now usually included in it. The only 
species, C. tt*i'l<-ii(t"l<<i. is the sweet-fern of the United 
States, a low sliruh with highly aromatic pinnatilld leaves. 
It is said to he tonic and astringent, and is a domestic 
rnpunctiously (kom-pungk'shus-li), adv. 
cising compulsion; tending to compel; compul- Witn compunction. 
compunctivet (kom-pungk'tiv), a. [= It. com- 
jmntivo; att com/iunct + -rc.] 1. Causing com- 
punction, regret, or remorse. 
sory. [Now rare.] 
The pel swasivc imwcr in man to win others to goodncsse 
by instruction is greater, and more divine, then the . '" 
/M//*i'ir power to restrainc men from being evill by terrour 
of the Law. Milton, On l)ef. of Huinh. Retnonst. 
The clergy would l>e glad to recover their dues by a more 
short and ctnnjnilnirv method. Sunft. 
compulsively (kom-pul'siv-li), adv. By or 
under compulsion ; by force ; corapulsorily. 
[Rare.] 
To forbid divorce compulxietly. Milton, Divorce. 
It is piv eminently as a critic that we feel l.ound to re- 
consider his (Saintc-Bcuve'sl claim to the high place among 
the classics uf his tongue, which the general voice of his 
countrymen has gradually and reluctantly, hut coinpul- 
ticely rather than impulsively, assigned to him. 
Fill my memory, as a vessel of election, with remem- 
brances and notions highly ,,.,/..< 
Jrr. Taylor, Works (cd. 18.'lf>), I. 73. 
2. Susceptible of remorse; capable of repen- 
tance. 
<iive me all faith, all charity, and a spirit highly n>i- 
jntnftive. Jtr. Taylor, Repentance, v. | 8. 
-^u'pil), w. [< com- + pupil.] 
f -pupil. 
Donne and his sometime com-ptipil in Cambridge. . . . 
Samuel Brook. /. H'n/fori, Donne. 
Force ; 
remedy for diarrhea. 
2. In 2<w7., a genus of echinoderms. J. E. compulsiveness (kom-pul'siv-nes), . 
Gray, 1840. compulsion. 
comptonite (komp'ton-it), n. [< CompUm + compulsorily (kom-pul'so-ri-li), adv. Inacom- 
-i<e".] A name given by Brewster to the thorn- pulsory manner; by force or constraint. 
sonite occurring in the lavas of Moute Somma, compulsoriness (kom-pul'so-ri-nes), n. The 
Vesuvius. state of being compulsory. 
cqmptonotid (komp-to-no'tid), n. A dinosau- compulsory (kom-pul^so-ri), a. and n. [= Sj 
rian reptile of the family Com/itonotidce. 
Quarterly Her. COmpUTgation (kom-per-ga'shon), n. [= Sp. 
compurgacion, < LL. compurgatio(n-), < L. , 
Comptonotidae (komp-to-not'i-de), n. pi. [NL., 
< Com/itoiioliix + -;Vte.]' A family of ornitho- 
pod dinosaurian reptiles, without clavicles and 
with a complete post-pubis. 
Comptonotus (komp-to-no'tus), w. [NL., < L. 
contains, elegant, + Or. vurof, back.] A genus 
of dinosaurian reptiles, typical of the family 
Contiitonotida;. 
COmptrolt, t'. and n. An old spelling of eon trot. 
comptroller (kon-tro'ler), n. See controller. 
comptroll 
troll, rslii/i 
com- 
purgare, pp. conipiiri/ntug, purge, purify com- 
pletely, < com-, together, + purgare, cleanse, 
purify : see purge.] In early Eng. law, a mode 
of trial in which the accused was permitted to 
call twelve persons of his acquaintance to tes- 
iompuisory (kom-purso-ri), a. and . 1 = P- tify to their belie( in his i 11110061106 - S* 6 ""- 
Pg. compulsorio (cf. F.' compulsoire, n., = ft. furgator. Compurgation in the ecclesiastical 
compitlsoria, n., warrant, compulsion), < ML. 
compulsoritts, < LL. compulsor, one who drives 
or compels, < L. compcllfre, pp. compulsits, drive, 
compel: see compel, compulse.] I. a. 1. Ex- 
ercising compulsion; tending to compel ; com- 
pelling; constraining: as, compulsory author- 
ity; to take compulsory measures. 
courts was not abolished till the reign of Eliza- 
beth. 
He freed himself 
By oath and computation from the charge. 
Tennyton, Harold, II. 2. 
The killing of the adaling is atoned for by a line twice 
or three times as large as that which can tie demanded 
for the freeman ; and his oath in computation is of twice 
or thrice the weight. Stubb*, Const. Hist., i 24. 
That the other apostles were ... as infallible as him- 
self [St. Peter], is no reason to hinder the exercise of juris- compurgator (kom'per-ga-tor), . [ML., < L. 
^^x^ ,- ^,,.,. ^v,^,.,,v, It r,. diction or lUiyrom^oiT/pijwer over them compurgare : see compurgation.] In early Eng. 
mptrollership (kon-tro'lor-ship), . See con- </ "l Taylor ' Liberty ' Pro ' >he8 > ril " ? ' * 7 - law, a person, usually a kinsman or a fellow- 
ollirtliiii * Obligatory; due to or arising from 
compulsative (kom-pul'sa-tiv), a. [< LL. iimi- 
/iii/mitii.t, pp. of conipulsure, press or strike vio- 
lently, freq. of L. comjiellere, pp. compulsus, 
drive together, compel : see compel, compulse.] 
Compelling; forcing; constraining; operating 
by force. Also <;iiii/uilx,itory. [Rare.] 
To recover of us. by strong hand, 
And terms rmiiimtsiitiiv, those 'foresail! lands. 
Shale., Hamlet, i. 1. 
COmpulsatively (kora-pul'sa-tiv-li), adv. 
constraint or compulsion. [Rare.] 
By 
compulsatory (kprn-pul'sa-to-ri), a. [< ML. 
com/ndxtitorius, < LL. <-<iin/ni/.-ire: see compul- 
xiitire.] Same as conipulnatire. 
compulse (kom-puls'), f. t. ; pret. and pp. cotii- 
, ppr. comprising, [= F. oi/)/.v<r = Sp. 
It. roiit/iitl.iare, < ML. compul- 
sion ; enforced or enforceable-, not left to choice. 
This kind of compulsory saving, however, would not 
have caused any Increase of capital, unless a part of the 
amount had been saved over again, voluntarily, by the 
master. J. S. Hill, Pol. Econ., 1. 5. 
It was In making education not only common to all, hut 
in some sense compultorj/ on all, that the destiny of the 
free republics of America was practically settled. 
Loicell, Among my Books, 1st ser., p. 239. 
3. Done under compulsion; resulting from 
compulsion. 
He end h in this, to think that actions proceeding from 
fear are properly compulsory actions. 
Af>i>. Eramhall, Against Hobbes. 
II. H. That which has the power of compel- 
ling; constraining authority. [Rare.] 
There is no power of the sword for a compuUory. 
Jer. Taylor, Works (ed. 1835),' II. 150. 
compul- member in a guild, called in defense of a person 
on trial. The compurgators acted in the character rather 
of jurymen than of witnesses, for they swore to their lie- 
lief, not to what they knew ; that is, the accused making 
oath of his innocence, they swore that they believed he 
was speaking the truth. Th. number of compurgators 
required by law was regularly twelve. 
Honour and duty 
Stand my compurgaton. font, Lady's Trial, ill. 3. 
The compurgator* of our oldest law were not a Jury' in 
the modern sense, but they were one of the elements out 
of which the Jury arose. 
K. A. Freftnan, Norman Conquest, V. 303. 
Trial by jury, as we know it now, was not one of the 
early English institutions. . . . 'the mode of settling 
disputed questions of fact was at first by means of com- 
purgatort. Still., stud. lied. Hist, p. 206. 
compurgatorial (kom-per-ga-to'ri-al), a. [< 
compurgator + -ial.] Pertaining to or intended 
for compurgation. 
The consuls of Avignon, Nismes, and St. Ollles took 
their compurgatorial oath to his fulfilment of all these 
Pg. Cl 
tairt; compel (chiefly a law term), < L. compul- compunctt (kom-pungkt'), a. [=It. compunto, 
sus, pp. of CIIHIJH III n-, drive t ogether, compel : < L. compunctus, pp. of compungere, conpungerr, . . 
see compel, and cf. appulse, impulse, repulse.] prick, sting, < com- (intensive) + pungere, prick, stipulations. M ilman, Latin Christianity, Ii. 8. 
To compel; constrain; force. [Rare.] sting: see pungent.] Feeling compunction; compurgatory (kom-per'ga-to-ri ), a. [< ML. 
Many parents ,,,nst,ain their sons and daughters to conscience-stricken. [Rare.] 'compurgatorius, < compurgator: see compurga- 
mai TV where they love , and some are beaten and com- Contrite and ciiiii/.nn.'i. tor.] Of or pertaining to a compurgator : as, 
pi'lfd. Latimer, Works (Parker Soc.), I. 170. Stow, William the Conqueror, an. 1088. a compurgatory oath. 
