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To divide; to mark out into parts or subdivisions. [R.] The crystal surface is comparted all In niches verged with rubies. Glover.

ass card, the eircular card attached to the needles of a mariner's compass, on which are marked the thirty-two points or rhumbs. -- Compass dial, a small pocket compass fitted with a sundial to tell the hour of the day. -- Compass plane (Carp.), a plane, convex in the direction of its length on the under side, for sm…

up the whole subsidy at once. Hallam. And they compel one Simon . . . to bear his cross. Mark xv. 21.

Marked by, or causing, complacence. [Obs.] "Complacential love." Baxter.

The color or hue of the skin, esp. of the face. Tall was her stature, her complexion dark. Wordswoorth. Between the pale complexion of true love, And the red glow of scron and proud disdain. Shak.

Having (such) a complexion; -- used in composition; as, a dark- complexioned or a ruddy-complexioned person. A flower is the best-complexioned grass, as a pearl is the best- colored clay. Fuller.

entaglement; complexity. A complication of diseases. Macaulay. Through and beyond these dark complications of the present, the New England founders looked to the great necessities of future times. Palfrey.

f regard or praise; of the nature of, or containing, a compliment; as, a complimentary remark; a complimentary ticket. "Complimentary addresses." Prescott.

Manner of acting; behavior; conduct; deportment. [Obs.] I knew them well, and marked their rude comport. Dryden.

A genus of Dinosauria found in the Jurassic formation, and remarkable for having several birdlike features.

To act in harmony or conjunction; to form combined plans. The ministers of Denmark were appointed to concert with Talbot. Bp. Burnet

A variety of American grape, with large dark blue (almost black) grapes in compact clusters.

An open space where several roads or paths meet; esp. an open space in a park where several roads meet.

Sexual lust; morbid carnal passion. Concupiscence like a pestilence walketh in darkness. Horne.

f condemning. This is the condemnation, that light is come into the world, and men loved darkness rather light, because their deeds were evil. John iii. 19.

To grant as a possession; to bestow. The public marks of honor and reward Conferred upon me. Milton.

Relating to conference. [R.] Clarke.

To mark along with; to suggest or indicate as additional; to designate by implication; to include in the meaning; to imply. Good, in the general notion of it, connotes also a certain suitableness of it to some other thing. South.

mn assembly or council. To council summons all his mighty peers, Within thick clouds and dark tenfold involved, A gloomy consistory. Milton.

rom this troubled sphere. Thakeray. The snow-white gander, invariably accompanied by his darker consort. Darwin.