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Imparting knowledge or information. Canonical and communicatory letters. Barrow.

An inclosed space; an area; extent. Their wisdom . . . lies in a very narrow compass. Addison.

Deserving compassion or pity; pitiable. [R.] Barrow.

Containing the substance oe general principles of a subject or work in a narrow compass; abridged; summarized. More compendious and exeditious ways. Woodward. Three things be required in the oration of a man having authority -- that it be compendious, sententious, and delectable. Sir T. Elyot.

Serving to fulfill. Completory of ancient presignifications. Barrow.

To bear or endure; to put up (with); as, to comport with an injury. [Obs.] Barrow.

That which is comrehended or inclosed within narrow limits; a summary; an epitome. [Obs.] Though not a catalogue of fundamentals, yet . . . a comprehension of them. Chillingworth.

To press or squeeze together; to force into a narrower compass; to reduce the volume of by pressure; to compact; to condense; as, to compress air or water. Events of centuries . . . compressed within the compass of a single life. D. Webster. The same strength of expression, though more compressed, runs through his hist…

Capable of being pressed together or forced into a narrower compass, as an elastic or spongy substance.

or comprehending; a compendium or epitome. A comprisal . . . and sum of all wickedness. Barrow.

ration. [Obs.] The divine providence is wont to afford its concourse to such proceeding. Barrow.

A narrow passage for private communication.

To crowd or cram into a narrow compass; to press together or condense. [Obs.] Of cold the property is to condense and constipate. Bacon.

e or compose; elemental; essential. An ingredient and constitutive part of every virtue. Barrow.

To bring into a narrow compass; to compress. How the strait stays the slender waist constrain. Gay.

To draw together; to render narrower or smaller; to bind; to cramp; to contract or ause to shrink. Such things as constrict the fibers. Arbuthnot. Membranous organs inclosing a cavity which their contraction constrict. Todd & Bowman.

The state of being constricted; the point where a thing is constricted; a narrowing or binding. A constriction of the parts inservient to speech. Grew.

One who believes in consubstantiation. Barrow.

Full of content. [Obs.] Barrow.

tness; attestation; testimony. [Obs.] A solemn contestation ratified on the part of God. Barrow.