Comport Comˇport" intransitive verb [
imperfect & past participle Comported ;
present participle & verbal noun Comporting .] [ French
comporter ,
LL .
comportare , from Latin
comportare to bring together;
com- +
portare to carry. See
Port demeanor .]
1. To bear or endure; to put up (with); as, to comport with an injury. [ Obsolete]
Barrow. 2. To agree; to accord; to suit; -- sometimes followed by with . How ill this dullness doth comport with greatness.
Beau. & Fl.
How their behavior herein comported with the institution.
Locke.
Comport Comˇport" transitive verb 1. To bear; to endure; to brook; to put with. [ Obsolete]
The malcontented sort
That never can the present state comport .
Daniel.
2. To carry; to conduct; -- with a reflexive pronoun. Observe how Lord Somers . . . comported himself.
Burke.
Comport Com"port noun [ Confer Old French
comport .]
Manner of acting; behavior; conduct; deportment. [ Obsolete]
I knew them well, and marked their rude comport .
Dryden.
Comportable Comˇport"aˇble adjective Suitable; consistent. [ Obsolete] "Some
comportable method."
Wotton.
Comportance Comˇport"ance noun Behavior; comport. [ Obsolete]
Goodly comportance each to other bear.
Spenser.
Comportation Com`porˇta"tion noun [ Latin
comportatio .]
A bringing together. [ Obsolete]
Bp. Richardson.
Comportment Comˇport"ment noun [ French
comportement .]
Manner of acting; behavior; bearing. A graceful comportment of their bodies.
Cowley.
Her serious and devout comportment .
Addison.
Compos mentis Com"pos men"tis [ Latin ] (Law) Sane in mind; being of sound mind, memory, and understanding.
Compos-mentis Com"pos-men"tis noun One who is compos mentis. [ Colloq.]
Compose Comˇpose" transitive verb [
imperfect & past participle Composed ;
present participle & verbal noun Composing .] [ French
composer ;
com- +
poser to place. The sense is that of Latin
componere , but the origin is different. See
Pose ,
transitive verb ]
1. To form by putting together two or more things or parts; to put together; to make up; to fashion. Zeal ought to be composed of the highest degrees of all pious affection.
Bp. Sprat.
2. To form the substance of, or part of the substance of; to constitute. Their borrowed gold composed
The calf in Oreb.
Milton.
A few useful things . . . compose their intellectual possessions.
I. Watts.
3. To construct by mental labor; to design and execute, or put together, in a manner involving the adaptation of forms of expression to ideas, or to the laws of harmony or proportion; as, to compose a sentence, a sermon, a symphony, or a picture. Let me compose
Something in verse as well as prose.
Pope.
The genius that composed such works as the "Standard" and "Last Supper".
B. R. Haydon.
4. To dispose in proper form; to reduce to order; to put in proper state or condition; to adjust; to regulate. In a peaceful grave my corpse compose .
Dryden.
How in safety best we may
Compose our present evils.
Milton.
5. To free from agitation or disturbance; to tranquilize; to soothe; to calm; to quiet. Compose thy mind;
Nor frauds are here contrived, nor force designed.
Dryden.
6. (Print.) To arrange (types) in a composing stick in order for printing; to set (type).
Compose Comˇpose" intransitive verb To come to terms. [ Obsolete]
Shak.
Composed Comˇposed" adjective Free from agitation; calm; sedate; quiet; tranquil; self- possessed. The Mantuan there in sober triumph sate,
Composed his posture, and his look sedate.
Pope.
--
Com*pos"ed*ly adverb --
Com*pos"ed*ness ,
noun
Composer Comˇpos"er noun 1. One who composes; an author. Specifically, an author of a piece of music. If the thoughts of such authors have nothing in them, they at least . . . show an honest industry and a good intention in the composer .
Addison.
His [ Mozart's] most brilliant and solid glory is founded upon his talents as a composer .
Moore (Encyc. of Mus.).
2. One who, or that which, quiets or calms; one who adjusts a difference. Sweet composers of the pensive soul.
Gay.
Composing Comˇpos"ing adjective 1. Tending to compose or soothe. 2. Pertaining to, or used in, composition. Composing frame (Print.) ,
a stand for holding cases of type when in use. --
Composing rule (Print.) ,
a thin slip of brass or steel, against which the type is arranged in a composing stick, or by the aid of which stickfuls or handfuls or type are lifted; -- called also setting rule . --
Composing stick (Print.) ,
an instrument usually of metal, which the compositor holds in his left hand, and in which he arranges the type in words and lines. It has one open side, and one adjustable end by means of which the length of the lines, and consequently the width of the page or column, may be determined.
Composite Comˇpos"ite adjective [ Latin
compositus made up of parts, past participle of
componere . See
Compound ,
transitive verb , and confer
Compost .]
1. Made up of distinct parts or elements; compounded; as, a composite language. Happiness, like air and water . . . is composite .
Landor.
2. (Architecture) Belonging to a certain order which is composed of the Ionic order grafted upon the Corinthian. It is called also the Roman or the Italic order, and is one of the five orders recognized by the Italian writers of the sixteenth century. See Capital . 3. (Botany) Belonging to the order Compositć ; bearing involucrate heads of many small florets, as the daisy, thistle, and dandelion. Composite carriage ,
a railroad car having compartments of different classes. [ Eng.] --
Composite number (Math.) ,
one which can be divided exactly by a number exceeding unity, as 6 by 2 or 3. . --
Composite photograph or portrait ,
one made by a combination, or blending, of several distinct photographs. F. Galton. --
Composite sailing (Nautical) ,
a combination of parallel and great circle sailing. --
Composite ship ,
one with a wooden casing and iron frame.
Composite Comˇpos"ite noun That which is made up of parts or compounded of several elements; composition; combination; compound. [ R.]
Composition Com`poˇsi"tion noun [ French
composition , from Latin
compositio . See
Composite .]
1. The act or art of composing, or forming a whole or integral, by placing together and uniting different things, parts, or ingredients. In specific uses:
(a) The invention or combination of the parts of any literary work or discourse, or of a work of art; as, the composition of a poem or a piece of music. "The constant habit of elaborate
composition ."
Macaulay. (b) (Fine Arts) The art or practice of so combining the different parts of a work of art as to produce a harmonious whole; also, a work of art considered as such. See 4, below. (c) The act of writing for practice in a language, as English, Latin, German, etc. (d) (Print.) The setting up of type and arranging it for printing. 2. The state of being put together or composed; conjunction; combination; adjustment. View them in composition with other things.
I. Watts.
The elementary composition of bodies.
Whewell.
3. A mass or body formed by combining two or more substances; as, a chemical composition . A composition that looks . . . like marble.
Addison.
4. A literary, musical, or artistic production, especially one showing study and care in arrangement; -- often used of an elementary essay or translation done as an educational exercise. 5. Consistency; accord; congruity. [ Obsolete]
There is no composition in these news
That gives them credit.
Shak.
6. Mutual agreement to terms or conditions for the settlement of a difference or controversy; also, the terms or conditions of settlement; agreement. Thus we are agreed:
I crave our composition may be written.
Shak.
7. (Law) The adjustment of a debt, or avoidance of an obligation, by some form of compensation agreed on between the parties; also, the sum or amount of compensation agreed upon in the adjustment. Compositions for not taking the order of knighthood.
Hallam.
Cleared by composition with their creditors.
Blackstone.
8. Synthesis as opposed to analysis. The investigation of difficult things by the method of analysis ought ever to precede the method of composition .
Sir I. Newton.
Composition cloth ,
a kind of cloth covered with a preparation making it waterproof. --
Composition deed ,
an agreement for composition between a debtor and several creditors. --
Composition plane (Crystallog.) ,
the plane by which the two individuals of a twin crystal are united in their reserved positions. --
Composition of forces (Mech.) ,
the finding of a single force (called the resultant ) which shall be equal in effect to two or more given forces (called the components ) when acting in given directions. Herbert. --
Composition metal ,
an alloy resembling brass, which is sometimes used instead of copper for sheathing vessels; -- also called Muntz metal and yellow metal . --
Composition of proportion (Math.) ,
an arrangement of four proportionals so that the sum of the first and second is to the second as the sum of the third and fourth to the fourth.
Compositive Comˇpos"iˇtive adjective [ Latin
compositivus .]
Having the quality of entering into composition; compounded. [ R.]
Compositor Comˇpos"iˇtor noun [ Latin , an arranger.]
1. One who composes or sets in order. 2. (Print.) One who sets type and arranges it for use.
Compositous Comˇpos"iˇtous adjective (Botany) Belonging to the Compositć ; composite. [ R.]
Darwin.
Compositć Comˇpos"iˇtć noun plural [ New Latin , from Latin
compositus made up of parts. See
Composite .]
(Botany) A large family of dicotyledonous plants, having their flowers arranged in dense heads of many small florets and their anthers united in a tube. The daisy, dandelion, and asters, are examples.
Compossible Comˇpos"siˇble adjective [ Prefix
com- +
possible .]
Able to exist with another thing; consistent. [ R.]
Chillingworth.
Compost Com"post noun [ Old French
compost , from Latin
compositus , past participle See
Composite .]
1. A mixture; a compound. [ R.]
A sad compost of more bitter than sweet.
Hammond.
2. (Agriculture) A mixture for fertilizing land; esp., a composition of various substances (as muck, mold, lime, and stable manure) thoroughly mingled and decomposed, as in a compost heap. And do not spread the compost on the weeds
To make them ranker.
Shak.
Compost Com"post transitive verb 1. To manure with compost. 2. To mingle, as different fertilizing substances, in a mass where they will decompose and form into a compost.
Composture Comˇpos"ture noun [ Latin
compositura ,
-postura , a joining.]
Manure; compost. [ Obsolete]
Shak.
Composure Comˇpo"sure noun [ From
Compose .]
1. The act of composing, or that which is composed; a composition. [ Obsolete]
Signor Pietro, who had an admirable way both of composure [ in music] and teaching.
Evelyn.
2. Orderly adjustment; disposition. [ Obsolete]
Various composures and combinations of these corpuscles.
Woodward.
3. Frame; make; temperament. [ Obsolete]
His composure must be rare indeed
Whom these things can not blemish.
Shak.
4. A settled state; calmness; sedateness; tranquillity; repose. "We seek peace and
composure ."
Milton. When the passions . . . are all silent, the mind enjoys its most perfect composure .
I. Watts.
5. A combination; a union; a bond. [ Obsolete]
Shak.
Compotation Com`poˇta"tion noun [ Latin
compotatio ;
com- +
potare to drink.]
The act of drinking or tippling together. [ R.]
The fashion of compotation .
Sir W. Scott.
Compotator Com"poˇta`tor noun [ Latin ]
One who drinks with another. [ R.]
Pope.
Compote Com"pote noun [ French See
Compost .]
A preparation of fruit in sirup in such a manner as to preserve its form, either whole, halved, or quartered; as, a compote of pears. Littré.
Compotier Com`po`tier" (kôN`po`tyā")
noun ; plural
Compotiers (
F. tyā"). [ French]
A dish for holding compotes, fruit, etc.
Compound Com"pound (kŏm"pound)
noun [ Malay
kompung a village.]
In the East Indies, an inclosure containing a house, outbuildings, etc.
Compound Comˇpound" (kŏm*pound")
transitive verb [
imperfect & past participle Compounded ;
present participle & verbal noun Compounding .] [ Middle English
componen ,
compounen , Latin
componere ,
compositum ;
com- +
ponere to put set. The
d is excrescent. See
Position , and confer
Componé .]
1. To form or make by combining different elements, ingredients, or parts; as, to compound a medicine. Incapacitating him from successfully compounding a tale of this sort.
Sir W. Scott.
2. To put together, as elements, ingredients, or parts, in order to form a whole; to combine, mix, or unite. We have the power of altering and compounding those images into all the varieties of picture.
Addison.
3. To modify or change by combination with some other thing or part; to mingle with something else. Only compound me with forgotten dust.
Shak.
4. To compose; to constitute. [ Obsolete]
His pomp and all what state compounds .
Shak.
5. To settle amicably; to adjust by agreement; to compromise; to discharge from obligation upon terms different from those which were stipulated; as, to compound a debt. I pray, my lords, let me compound this strife.
Shak.
To compound a felony ,
to accept of a consideration for forbearing to prosecute, such compounding being an indictable offense. See Theftbote .
Compound Comˇpound" intransitive verb To effect a composition; to come to terms of agreement; to agree; to settle by a compromise; -- usually followed by with before the person participating, and for before the thing compounded or the consideration . Here's a fellow will help you to-morrow; . . . compound with him by the year.
Shak.
They were at last glad to compound for his bare commitment to the Tower.
Clarendon.
Cornwall compounded to furnish ten oxen after Michaelmas for thirty pounds.
R. Carew.
Compound for sins they are inclined to
By damning those they have no mind to.
Hudibras.
Compound Com"pound adjective [ Middle English
compouned , past participle of
compounen . See
Compound ,
transitive verb ]
Composed of two or more elements, ingredients, parts; produced by the union of several ingredients, parts, or things; composite; as, a compound word. Compound substances are made up of two or more simple substances.
I. Watts.
Compound addition ,
subtraction ,
multiplication ,
division (Arith.) ,
the addition, subtraction, etc., of compound numbers. --
Compound crystal (Crystallog.) ,
a twin crystal, or one seeming to be made up of two or more crystals combined according to regular laws of composition. --
Compound engine (Mech.) ,
a form of steam engine in which the steam that has been used in a high- pressure cylinder is made to do further service in a larger low- pressure cylinder, sometimes in several larger cylinders, successively. --
Compound ether .
(Chemistry) See under Ether . --
Compound flower (Botany) ,
a flower head resembling a single flower, but really composed of several florets inclosed in a common calyxlike involucre, as the sunflower or dandelion. --
Compound fraction .
(Math.) See Fraction . --
Compound fracture .
See Fracture . --
Compound householder ,
a householder who compounds or arranges with his landlord that his rates shall be included in his rents. [ Eng.] --
Compound interest .
See Interest . --
Compound larceny .
(Law) See Larceny . --
Compound leaf (Botany) ,
a leaf having two or more separate blades or leaflets on a common leafstalk. --
Compound microscope .
See Microscope . --
Compound motion .
See Motion . --
Compound number (Math.) ,
one constructed according to a varying scale of denomination; as, 3 cwt. , 1 qr. , 5 lb. ; - - called also denominate number . --
Compound pier (Architecture) ,
a clustered column. --
Compound quantity (Alg.) ,
a quantity composed of two or more simple quantities or terms, connected by the sign + (plus) or - (minus). Thus, a + b - c , and bb - b , are compound quantities. --
Compound radical .
(Chemistry) See Radical . --
Compound ratio (Math.) ,
the product of two or more ratios; thus ab:cd is a ratio compounded of the simple ratios a:c and b:d . --
Compound rest (Mech.) ,
the tool carriage of an engine lathe. --
Compound screw (Mech.) ,
a screw having on the same axis two or more screws with different pitch (a differential screw), or running in different directions (a right and left screw). --
Compound time (Mus.) ,
that in which two or more simple measures are combined in one; as, 6-8 time is the joining of two measures of 3-8 time. --
Compound word ,
a word composed of two or more words; specifically, two or more words joined together by a hyphen.
Compound Com"pound noun 1. That which is compounded or formed by the union or mixture of elements ingredients, or parts; a combination of simples; a compound word; the result of composition. Shak. Rare compound of oddity, frolic, and fun.
Goldsmith.
When the word "bishopric" was first made, it was made as a compound .
Earle.
2. (Chemistry) A union of two or more ingredients in definite proportions by weight, so combined as to form a distinct substance; as, water is a compound of oxygen and hydrogen. » Every definite chemical
compound always contains the same elements, united in the same proportions by weight, and with the same internal arrangement.
Binary compound (Chemistry) .
See under Binary . --
Carbon compounds (Chemistry) .
See under Carbon .
Compound control Com"pound conˇtrol" (Aëronautics) A system of control in which a separate manipulation, as of a rudder, may be effected by either of two movements, in different directions, of a single lever, etc.
Compoundable Comˇpound"aˇble adjective That may be compounded.
Compounder Comˇpound"er noun 1. One who, or that which, compounds or mixes; as, a compounder of medicines. 2. One who attempts to bring persons or parties to terms of agreement, or to accomplish, ends by compromises. "
Compounders in politics."
Burke. 3. One who compounds a debt, obligation, or crime. Religious houses made compounders
For the horrid actions of their founders.
Hudibras.
4. One at a university who pays extraordinary fees for the degree he is to take. [ Eng.]
A. Wood. 5. (Eng. Hist.) A Jacobite who favored the restoration of James II, on condition of a general amnesty and of guarantees for the security of the civil and ecclesiastical constitution of the realm.
Comprador Com`praˇdor noun [ Portuguese , a buyer.]
A kind of steward or agent. [ China]
S. W. Williams
Comprecation Com`preˇca"tion noun [ Latin
comprecatio , from
comprecari to pray to. See
Precarious .]
A praying together. [ Obsolete]
Bp. Wilkins.
Comprehend Com`preˇhend" transitive verb [
imperfect & past participle Comprehended ;
present participle & verbal noun Comprehending .] [ Latin
comprehendere ,
comprehensum ;
com- +
prehendere to grasp, seize;
prae before +
hendere (used only in comp.). See
Get , and confer
Comprise .]
1. To contain; to embrace; to include; as, the states comprehended in the Austrian Empire. Who hath . . . comprehended the dust of the earth in a measure.
Is. xl. 12.
2. To take in or include by construction or implication; to comprise; to imply. Comprehended all in this one word, Discretion.
Hobbes.
And if there be any other commandment, it is briefly comprehended in this saying.
Rom. xiii. 9.
3. To take into the mind; to grasp with the understanding; to apprehend the meaning of; to understand. At a loss to comprehend the question.
W. Irwing.
Great things doeth he, which we can not comprehend .
Job. xxxvii. 5.
Syn. -- To contain; include; embrace; comprise; inclose; grasp; embody; involve; imply; apprehend; imagine; conceive; understand. See
Apprehend .
Comprehensibility Com`preˇhen`siˇbil"iˇty noun The quality or state of being comprehensible; capability of being understood.
Comprehensible Com"preˇhen"siˇble adjective [ Latin
comprehensibilis : confer French
compreéhensible .]
1. Capable of being comprehended, included, or comprised. Lest this part of knowledge should seem to any not comprehensible by axiom, we will set down some heads of it.
Bacon.
2. Capable of being understood; intelligible; conceivable by the mind. The horizon sets the bounds . . . between what is and what is not comprehensible by us.
Locke.
Comprehensibleness Com`preˇhen"siˇbleˇness noun The quality of being comprehensible; comprehensibility.
Comprehensibly Com`preˇhen"siˇbly adverb 1. With great extent of signification; comprehensively. Tillotson. 2. Intelligibly; in a manner to be comprehended or understood.
Comprehension Com`preˇhen"sion noun [ Latin
comprehensio : confer French
compréhension .]
1. The act of comprehending, containing, or comprising; inclusion. In the Old Testament there is a close comprehension of the New; in the New, an open discovery of the Old.
Hooker.
2. That which is comprehended or inclosed within narrow limits; a summary; an epitome. [ Obsolete]
Though not a catalogue of fundamentals, yet . . . a comprehension of them.
Chillingworth.
3. The capacity of the mind to perceive and understand; the power, act, or process of grasping with the intellect; perception; understanding; as, a comprehension of abstract principles. 4. (Logic) The complement of attributes which make up the notion signified by a general term. 5. (Rhet.) A figure by which the name of a whole is put for a part, or that of a part for a whole, or a definite number for an indefinite.
Comprehensive Com`preˇhen"sive adjective [ Confer French
compréhensif .]
1. Including much; comprising many things; having a wide scope or a full view. A very comprehensive definition.
Bentley.
Large and comprehensive idea.
Channing.
2. Having the power to comprehend or understand many things. "His
comprehensive head."
Pope. 3. (Zoology) Possessing peculiarities that are characteristic of several diverse groups. » The term is applied chiefly to early fossil groups which have a combination of structures that appear in more fully developed or specialized forms in later groups.
Synthetic , as used by Agassiz, is nearly synonymous.
Syn. -- Extensive; wide; large; full; compendious.
Comprehensively Com`preˇhen"siveˇly adverb In a comprehensive manner; with great extent of scope.
Comprehensiveness Com`preˇhen"siveˇness noun The quality of being comprehensive; extensiveness of scope. Compare the beauty and comprehensiveness of legends on ancient coins.
Addison.
Comprehensor Com`preˇhen"sor noun One who comprehends; one who has attained to a full knowledge. [ Obsolete]
When I shall have dispatched this weary pilgrimage, and from a traveler shall come to be a comprehensor , farewell faith and welcome vision.
Bp. Hall.
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