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rcuit; circuitous course. They fetched a compass of seven day's journey. 2 Kings iii. 9. This day I breathed first; time is come round, And where I did begin, there shall I end; My life is run his compass. Shak.

in rank, age, prowess, etc.; a companion; a comrade; a mate. And him thus answer 'd soon his bold compeer. Milton.

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

ecompence; to give an equivalent to; to requite suitably; as, to compensate a laborer for his work, or a merchant for his losses.

cially, a book or document composed of materials gathering from other books or documents. His [Goldsmith's] compilations are widely distinguished from the compilations of ordinary bookmakers. Macaulay.

materials from other books or documents. He [Goldsmith] compiled for the use of schools a History of Rome. Macaulay.

indness; civility; affability. Complacency, and truth, and manly sweetness, Dwell ever on his tongue, and smooth his thoughts. Addison. With mean complacence ne'er betray your trust. Pope.

An ailment or disease of the body. One in a complaint of his bowels. Arbuthnot.

That which is required to supply a deficiency, or to complete a symmetrical whole. History is the complement of poetry. Sir J. Stephen.

A combination; a complex. [Archaic] This paragraph is . . . a complexion of sophisms. Coleridge.

ssion. What compliances will remove dissension Swift. Ready compliance with the wishes of his people. Macaulay.

y; to make complex; to combine or associate so as to make intricate or difficult. Nor can his complicated sinews fail. Young. Avarice and luxury very often become one complicated principle of action. Addison. When the disease is complicated with other diseases. Arbuthnot.

acquiesce; to adapt one's self; to consent or conform; -- usually followed by with. Yet this be sure, in nothing to comply, Scandalous or forbidden in our law. Milton. They did servilely comply with the people in worshiping God by sensible images. Tillotson. He that complies against his will Is of his own opinion stil…

date; quiet; tranquil; self- possessed. The Mantuan there in sober triumph sate, Composed his posture, and his look sedate. Pope. -- Com*pos"ed*ly (, adv. -- Com*pos"ed*ness, n.

hey 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. ).

- 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.…

Frame; make; temperament. [Obs.] His composure must be rare indeed Whom these things can not blemish. Shak.

; as, to compound a medicine. Incapacitating him from successfully compounding a tale of this sort. Sir W. Scott.

Having the power to comprehend or understand many things. "His comprehensive head." Pope.

e life. D. Webster. The same strength of expression, though more compressed, runs through his historical harangues. Melmoth.