Compesce definitions

Compesce

• (v. t.) To hold in check; to restrain.
Found on http://thinkexist.com/dictionary/meaning/compesce/

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Compesce

Com·pesce' transitive verb [ Latin compescere .] To hold in check; to restrain. [ R.] Carlyle.
Found on http://www.encyclo.co.uk/webster/C/121

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