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ed upon common confent, that fuch words, voices, or 
gellures, fhould be (igns whereby they would exprefs 
their thoughts. South. 
To COMPA'CT, ii. a. [ compingo, compaSlunt, Lat.] 
To join together with firmnefs j’.to unite clofely ; to con- 
folidate.—This difeafe is more dangerous, as the folids 
are more Uriel and compared, and confequently more lb 
as people are advanced in age, Arbuthnot. 
Now the bright fun compaBs the precious Hone, 
Imparting radiant lultre like his own. Blackmre. 
To make out of fometliing : 
If he, compaB of jars, grow mulical, 
We (hall have (liortly difeord in the fpheres. Shakespeare. 
To league with: 
Thou pernicious woman, 
Compai 7 with her that's gone, think’ll thou thy oaths, 
Though they would ( wear down each particular fail, 
Were teftimonies? Shakefpeare• 
To join together; to bring into a fyftem.—We fee tbe 
world fo compared, that each thing preferveth other 
things, and alio itlelf. • Hooker. 
COMPA'CT, adj. [compaBus , Lat.] Firm; folid; 
dole ; denfe ; of firm texture.—Is not the denfity greater 
in free and open fpaces, void of air and other grolfer 
bodies, than within the pores of water, glafs, cryltal, gems, 
aud other compact bodies r Newton. Compofed j confining: 
The lunatic, the lover, and the poet. 
Are of imagination all compaB. Shakefpeare. 
Joined; held together.—In one hand Pan has a pipe of 
‘(even reeds, compaB with wax together. Peacham. —Brief, 
and well connected; as, a compact difeaurfe. —Where a 
foreign tongue is elegant, exprefiive, clofe, and compact, 
we mull (ludy theutmoft force of our language. Felton. 
COMPACT'EDNESS, f. Firmnefs; denfity.—Thofe 
atoms are fuppofed infrangible, extremely compared and 
hard; which compaBcdnefs and hardnefs is a demonflra- 
tion that nothing could be produced by them. Cheyne. 
COMPACT'LY, ados. Clofely; denfely; with neat 
joining; with good compaclure. 
COMPACT'NESS,/. Firmnefs ; clofenefs; denfity.— 
The bed lime mortar will noff have attained its utmoft 
compaBnefs , till fourfeore years after it has been employed 
in building. This is one reafon why, in demolilhing an¬ 
cient fabrics, it is eafier to break the done than the mor¬ 
tar. Boyle. 
COMPAC'TURE,/ Structure; manner in which any 
thing is joined together ; compagination. A good word, 
but not in ufe: 
And over it a fair portcullis hong, 
Which to the gate directly did incline. 
With comely compafs, and compaBure drong, 
Neither unfeemly Ihort, nor yet exceeding long. Spenfer. 
COMPA'GES,/! [Lat.] Afydemof many parts united. 
•—The organs in animal bodies are only a regular compagts 
of pipes and vefiels, for the fluids to pafs through. Ray. 
COMPAGINA'TION, f. [, compago , Lat.] Union ; 
ftruilure; junction ; connection; contexture.—The in¬ 
tire or broken compagination of the magnetical fabric 
under it. Brown. 
COM'PANABLENESS, f. The quality of being a 
good companion; fociablenefs. Not in ufe. —His eyes lull 
of merry fimplicity, his words of hearty cumpanablenefs. 
Sidney. 
COM'PANIABLE, adj. Social; having the qualities 
of a companion; fociable; maintaining friendly inter- 
courfe.—Towards his queen he was nothing uxorious, 
but companiable and refpeclive. Bacon. 
COMPA'NION,yi [ compagnon , Fr.] One with whom 
a man frequently converles, or with whom he (hares his 
jhours of relaxation. It differs from friend , as acquain- 
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tance from confidence.-— Some friend is a companion. at the 
table, and will not continue in the day of thy affliction. 
Ecclus. vi. ro, 
With anxious doubts, with raging pafflons torn, 
No fweet companion near with whom to mourn. Prior. 
A partner; an afl’oeiate,—Epaphroditus, my brother and 
companion in labour, and fellow foldier. Phil. ii. 2.5. 
Bereav’d of happinefs, thou may’ll partake 
HiS punifhment, eternal mifery; 
Which would be all his folace and revenge, 
Thee once to gain companion of his woe. Milton. 
A familiar term of contempt; a fellow.—It gives boldnefs 
to every petty companion to fpread rumours to my defama¬ 
tion, where I cannot be prefent. Raleigh. 
COMPA'NION ABLE, adj. Fit for good fellowfhip; 
facial; agreeable.—He had a more companionable wit, and 
fwayed more among the good fellows. Clarendon. 
COMPA'NIONABLY, ad%>. In a companionable 
manner. 
COMPA'NIONSHIP,y: Company; train: 
Alcibiades, and fome twenty horfe. 
All of companionjhip. Shakefpeare. 
Fellowfhip; affociation : 
If it be honour in your wars to feem 
The fame you are not, which, for your bed ends. 
You call your policy; how is’t lefs, or worfe. 
That it fhall hold companionfhip in peace 
With honour as in war? Shakefpeare. 
COM'PANY, f. \_compagnie, Fr. either from con and pa- 
gus, one of the fame town ; or con and panic , one that eats 
of the fame raefs.] Perfons afiembled together; a body 
of men: 
Honed company, I thank you all. 
That have beheld me give away myfelf 
To this mod patient, fweet, and virtuous, wife. Shakcfp 
Perfons afiembled for the entertainment of each other; 
an aflembly of pleafure.—A crowd is not company, and 
faces are but a gallery of pictures, where there is no love. 
Bacon. —Perfons confidered as afiembled for converfation ; 
or as capable of converfation and mutual entertainment. 
—Knowledge of men and manners, the freedom of ha¬ 
bitudes, and converfation with the bed company of both 
fexes, is necefiary. Dryden. —The date of a companion ; 
the aCl of accompanying; converfation; fellowfhip.—It 
is more pleafant to enjoy the company of him that can 
fpeak fuch words, than by fuch words to be perfuaded to 
follow folitarinefs. Sidney. 
Nor will I wretched thee 
In death forfake, but keep thee company. Dryden. 
A number of perfons united for the execution or per¬ 
formance of any thing ; a band.—Shakefpeare was an ac¬ 
tor, when there were feven companies of players in the 
town together. Dennis. —Perfons united in a joint trade 
or partneifhip. A number of fome particular rank or 
profeflion ; a body corporate; a fubordinate corporation. 
A iubdivifion of a regiment of foot; fo many as are un¬ 
der one captain.—Every captain brought witli him thrice 
fo many in his company as was expeCted. Knolles. 
To bear Company. To keep Company. To accom¬ 
pany ; to affociate with ; to be companion to.—Thofe In¬ 
dian wives are loving fools, and may do well to keep com¬ 
pany with the Arrias and Portias of old Rome. Dryden, 
Admitted to that equal fky. 
His faithful dog (hall bear him cempany. 
To keep Company. To frequent houfes of entertain¬ 
ment.—The love of company and of focial pleafures is 
natural, and attended with fome of the fweeted fatisfac- 
tions of human life; but, like every other love, when it 
proceeds beyond the limits of moderation, at ceaj'es to 
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