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reafons were as plenty as blackberries, I would give no 
man a reafon on compulfion. Skakefpeare. 
Such fweet compulfion doth in mulic lie, 
To lull the daughters of neceffity. Milton. 
The ftate of being compelled; violence fuffered.— Com¬ 
pulfion is in an agent capable of volition, when the begin¬ 
ning or continuation of any action is contrary to the 
preference of his mind. Locke. 
When the fierce foe hung on our broken rear, 
With what compulfion and laborious flight 
We funk thus low ! Milion. 
COMPUL/SIVE, adj. [from compulfer, Fr. compulfus, 
Lat.] Having the power to compel; forcible.—The cler¬ 
gy would be glad to recover their dues by a more fhort 
and compulfwe method. Swift. 
The Danube, vaft.and deep. 
Supreme of rivers! to the frightful brink, 
Urg’d by cornpulfive arms, foon as they reach’d, 
New terror chill’d their veins. Philips. 
COMPUL'SIVELY, adsv. BjTorce; by violence. 
COMPUL'SIVENESS, / Force; compulfion. 
COMPUL'SORILY, ad-v. In a compulfory or forcible 
manner ; by force; by violence.—To fay that the.better 
deferver hath fuch right to govern, as he may compulforily 
bring under the lefs worthy, is idle. Bacon. 
COMPUL'SORY, adj. [ compulfoire, Fr.] Having the 
power of necefiitating or compelling. —-He erretb in this, 
to think that aftions, proceeding from fear, are properly 
compulfory aflions ; which, in truth, are not only volun¬ 
tary, but free aftions; neither compelled, nor fo much 
as phyfically neceflitated. Bramhall. 
COMPUNCTION, f. [componfiion, Fr. from pungo , 
funEtum, to prick, Lat?] The power, of pricking ; ltimu- 
lation; irritation.—This is that acid and piercing fpirit, 
which, with fiich. aftivity. and compunSHvn, invadeth the 
brains and nollrils of, thofe that receive it. Brown .—The 
Rate of being pricked by the confcience ; repentance ; 
contrition.—He acknowledges his dilloyalty to the king, 
with expreffions of great compunElion. Clarendon. 
COMPUNCTIOUS, adj. Repentant; forrowfui; tender: 
Stop up. th’ accefs and paffage to remorfe. 
That no compunflious vifitings of nature 
Shake my fell purpofe. Shakefpeart. 
COMPUNCTIVE, adj. Caufing remorfe. 
COMPURGATION, /'. [ coinpurgatio , Lat.] The prac- 
tife of juflifying any man’s veracity by the teJtimony of 
another. 
COMPURGATOR, f. One that by oath iuftifies ano.- 
ther’s innocence. Compurgators were introduced as evi¬ 
dence in the jurifprudence of the middle ages. Their 
number varied according to theimportance of the fubjedl 
in difpute, or the nature of the crime with which, a per- 
fon was charged. 4 Comm. 361. 
COMPUTABLE, adj. Capable of being numbered or 
computed.—If, ir.llead of twenty-four letters, there were 
twenty-four millions, ns thofe twenty-four millions are a 
finite number, fo would all combinations thereof be fi¬ 
nite, though not eafily computable by arithmetick. Hale. 
COMPUTATION,/.'The adt- of reckoning; calcu¬ 
li f Son : 
My princely father- 
Then, by juft computation ol the time, 
Found that the iffue was not his. Skakefpeare. 
The firm coliedled or fettled by calculation.—We pafs 
for women of fifty: many additional years are thrown 
iato fcmal ^'computations of this nature. Addifott . \ 
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COMPUT ATION, in law, the true account and con- 
ftrudlion of time, in any inftrument or deed ; and to the 
end neither party to an agreement, See. may do wrong to 
the other, nor the determination of time be left at large, 
it is to be taken according to the juft judgment of the 
law. A deed dated the 2,0th day of Auguft, to hold from 
the day of the date, fhall be conftrued to begin on the 
21 ft day of Auguft : but if in the habendum it be to hold 
from the making, or from thenceforth, it fhall begin on 
the day delivered. 1 Inf. 46. 5 Rep. 1. If an indenture 
of leafe dated the 4th day of July, made for three years 
from thenceforth, be delivered at four of the cloqk in 
the afternoon of the faid 4th day of July, the leafe fhall 
end the 3d day of July in the third year: and the law in 
this computation rejedls all fractions ordi vifions of the day. 
To COMPUTE, <v. a. [ computn , Lat.] To reckon; to 
calculate; to number; to count. —Compute how much 
water would be requifite to lay the earth under water... 
Burnet. 
Alas! not dazzled with their noon-tide ray, 
Compute the morn and ev’ning to the day ; 
The whole amount of that enormous fame, 
A tale that blends their glory with their fhame. Pope. 
COMPUTE, f. [computus, Lat.] Computation; calcu¬ 
lation.—Though there were a fatality in this year, yet 
divers were out in their account, aberring feveral ways 
from the true and juft compute, and calling that one year 
which perhaps might be another.' Brown. 
COMPUTER, f. Reckoner; accountant; calculator. 
I have known fome fuch ill computers, as to imagine the 
many millions in flocks fo much real wealth. Swift. 
COM'PUTIST, f. [ computife, Fr.] Calculator; one 
fkilled in the art of numbers or computation.—-We con¬ 
ceive we have a year in three hundred and fixty-five days 
exadl: computifs tell us, that we efcape fix hours. Brown. 
COMPU'TO, [Lat.] A writ to compel a bailiff, re¬ 
ceiver,, or accountant, to yield up his accounts: it is 
founded on the ftatute of 'iVefim. 2. c. 12. And alfo lies 
againft guardians, See. Reg. Orig. 135. 
COM'RADE, f [ camerade, Fr. from camera, a cham¬ 
ber ; one that lodges in the fame chamber, contubernio 
fruitur.'] One who dwells in the fame houfe or chambers 
Rather I abjure all roofs, and chufe 
To be a comrade with the wolf and owl. Shahefpeare. 
A companion ; a partner in any labour or danger: 
He permitted them 
To put out both thine eyes, and fetter’d fend thee 
Into the common prifdn, there to grind 
Among the flaves and affes, thy comrades , 
As good for nothing elfe, Milton. 
CO'MUM, in ancient geography, a town of the Oro- 
bii, of very ancient Handing, and formerly powerful, 
daring to difpute with the Romans. It became afterwards 
no inconfiderable municipium, to which Julius Csefar 
added 5000 new colonills, whence it was generally called 
Ho-uocomum, and the people No-vocomenfes. But in time it 
recovered its ancient name, Comum ; Pliny r the younger, 
a.native of ■ that place, calling it by no*other name. Now 
Como, in the duchy of Milan, at the fouth end of the 
lake of that name. 
1 CO'MUS, the god of revelry, feafting, and nocturnal 
entertainments. During his- feftivals, men and women 
exchanged each other’s drefs. Pie was reprefented as a. 
young and drunken man, with a garland of flowers on 
his head, and a torch in his hand, which feemed failing. 
He is more generally feen ileeping upon his legs, and 
turning himfelf when the heat of the failing torch fcorch- 
ed his fide, Pbilofiratus, 
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