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A class or order; sort; kind. [Obs.] His opinion of that classis of men. Clarendon.

To put in charge of a jailor; to imprison. These two were commited. Clarendon.

to compound for his bare commitment to the Tower, whence he was within few days enlarged. Clarendon.

sorder, of mind; heat; excitement. "He could not debate anything without some commotion." Clarendon.

ellowship; agreeable; sociable. "Each companionable guest." Mallett. "Companionable wit." Clarendon. -- Com*pan"ion*a*ble*ness, n. -- Com*pan"ion*a*bly, adv.

In a compassionate manner; mercifully. Clarendon.

disposition to yield to others; complaisance. A man of few words and of great compliance. Clarendon.

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.

ience. He acknowledged his disloyalty to the king, with expressions of great compunction. Clarendon.

on of her father or concernment in it, than suffering him and her come into his presence. Clarendon.

To agree; to act together. [Obs.] Clarendon.

s of the secret council were likewise made conservators of the peace of the two kingdoms. Clarendon. The conservator of the estate of an idiot. Bouvier. Conservators of the River Thames, a board of comissioners instituted by Parliament to have the conservancy of the Thames.

ent. He defended himself with . . . less passion than was expected from his constitution. Clarendon.

bs.] Manythings were there consulted for the future, yet nothing was positively resolved. Clarendon.

on. After years spent in domestic, unsociable contestations, she found means to withdraw. Clarendon.

he conveyances in law to be so firm, that in justice he must decree the land to the earl. Clarendon.

from its being accompanied by a cornet player. [Obs.] "A body of five cornets of horse." Clarendon.

advice. [R.] Few men of so great parts were upon all occasions more counselable than he. Clarendon.

re out of countenance, because they found that the imputations . . . were well grounded." Clarendon. -- To keep the countenance, to preserve a composed or natural look, undisturbed by passion or emotion. Swift.

lodge in the field . . . whilst his army was under cover, they might be forced to retire. Clarendon.