Complutensian (a.) Of or pertaining to Complutum (now Alcala de Henares) a city near Madrid; as, the Complutensian Bible.
Compluvium (n.) A space left unroofed over the court of a Roman dwelling, through which the rain fell into the impluvium or cistern.
Complied (imp. & p. p.) of Comply
Complying (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Comply
Comply (v. i.) To yield assent; to accord; agree, or acquiesce; to adapt one's self; to consent or conform; -- usually followed by with.
Comply (v. i.) To be ceremoniously courteous; to make one's compliments.
Comply (v. i.) To fulfill; to accomplish.
Comply (v. i.) To infold; to embrace.
Compone (v. t.) To compose; to settle; to arrange.
Compone (a.) See Compony.
Component (v. t.) Serving, or helping, to form; composing; constituting; constituent.
Component (n.) A constituent part; an ingredient.
Compony (a.) Alt. of Compone
Compone (a.) Divided into squares of alternate tinctures in a single row; -- said of any bearing; or, in the case of a bearing having curved lines, divided into patches of alternate colors following the curve. If there are two rows it is called counter-compony.
Comported (imp. & p. p.) of Comport
Comporting (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Comport
Comport (v. i.) To bear or endure; to put up (with); as, to comport with an injury.
Comport (v. i.) To agree; to accord; to suit; -- sometimes followed by with.
Comport (v. t.) To bear; to endure; to brook; to put with.
Comport (v. t.) To carry; to conduct; -- with a reflexive pronoun.
Comport (n.) Manner of acting; behavior; conduct; deportment.
Comportable (a.) Suitable; consistent.
Comportance (n.) Behavior; comport.
Comportation (n.) A bringing together.
Comportment (n.) Manner of acting; behavior; bearing.
Composed (imp. & p. p.) of Compose
Composing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Compose
Compose (v. t.) To form by putting together two or more things or parts; to put together; to make up; to fashion.
Compose (v. t.) To form the substance of, or part of the substance of; to constitute.
Compose (v. t.) To construct by mental labor; to design and execute, or put together, in a manner involving the adaptation of forms of expression to ideas, or to the laws of harmony or proportion; as, to compose a sentence, a sermon, a symphony, or a picture.
Compose (v. t.) To dispose in proper form; to reduce to order; to put in proper state or condition; to adjust; to regulate.
Compose (v. t.) To free from agitation or disturbance; to tranquilize; to soothe; to calm; to quiet.
Compose (v. t.) To arrange (types) in a composing stick in order for printing; to set (type).
Compose (v. i.) To come to terms.
Composed (a.) Free from agitation; calm; sedate; quiet; tranquil; self-possessed.
Composer (n.) One who composes; an author. Specifically, an author of a piece of music.
Composer (n.) One who, or that which, quiets or calms; one who adjusts a difference.
Composing (a.) Tending to compose or soothe.
Composing (a.) Pertaining to, or used in, composition.
Compositae (n. pl.) A large family of dicotyledonous plants, having their flowers arranged in dense heads of many small florets and their anthers united in a tube. The daisy, dandelion, and asters, are examples.
Composite (v. t.) Made up of distinct parts or elements; compounded; as, a composite language.
Composite (v. t.) Belonging to a certain order which is composed of the Ionic order grafted upon the Corinthian. It is called also the Roman or the Italic order, and is one of the five orders recognized by the Italian writers of the sixteenth century. See Capital.
Composite (v. t.) Belonging to the order Compositae; bearing involucrate heads of many small florets, as the daisy, thistle, and dandelion.
Composite (n.) That which is made up of parts or compounded of several elements; composition; combination; compound.
Composition (n.) The act or art of composing, or forming a whole or integral, by placing together and uniting different things, parts, or ingredients.
Composition (n.) The invention or combination of the parts of any literary work or discourse, or of a work of art; as, the composition of a poem or a piece of music.
Composition (n.) The art or practice of so combining the different parts of a work of art as to produce a harmonious whole; also, a work of art considered as such. See 4, below.
Composition (n.) The act of writing for practice in a language, as English, Latin, German, etc.
Composition (n.) The setting up of type and arranging it for printing.
Composition (n.) The state of being put together or composed; conjunction; combination; adjustment.
Composition (n.) A mass or body formed by combining two or more substances; as, a chemical composition.
Composition (n.) A literary, musical, or artistic production, especially one showing study and care in arrangement; -- often used of an elementary essay or translation done as an educational exercise.
Composition (n.) Consistency; accord; congruity.
Composition (n.) Mutual agreement to terms or conditions for the settlement of a difference or controversy; also, the terms or conditions of settlement; agreement.
Composition (n.) The adjustment of a debt, or avoidance of an obligation, by some form of compensation agreed on between the parties; also, the sum or amount of compensation agreed upon in the adjustment.
Composition (n.) Synthesis as opposed to analysis.
Compositive (a.) Having the quality of entering into composition; compounded.
Compositor (n.) One who composes or sets in order.
Compositor (n.) One who sets type and arranges it for use.
Compositous (a.) Belonging to the Compositae; composite.
Compossible (a.) Able to exist with another thing; consistent.
Compost (n.) A mixture; a compound.
Compost (n.) A mixture for fertilizing land; esp., a composition of various substances (as muck, mold, lime, and stable manure) thoroughly mingled and decomposed, as in a compost heap.
Compost (v. t.) To manure with compost.
Compost (v. t.) To mingle, as different fertilizing substances, in a mass where they will decompose and form into a compost.
Composture (n.) Manure; compost.
Composure (n.) The act of composing, or that which is composed; a composition.
Composure (n.) Orderly adjustment; disposition.
Composure (n.) Frame; make; temperament.
Composure (n.) A settled state; calmness; sedateness; tranquillity; repose.
Composure (n.) A combination; a union; a bond.
Compotation (n.) The act of drinking or tippling together.
Compotator (n.) One who drinks with another.
Compote (n.) A preparation of fruit in sirup in such a manner as to preserve its form, either whole, halved, or quartered; as, a compote of pears.
Compound (n.) In the East Indies, an inclosure containing a house, outbuildings, etc.
Compounded (imp. & p. p.) of Compound
Compounding (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Compound
Compound (v. t.) To form or make by combining different elements, ingredients, or parts; as, to compound a medicine.
Compound (v. t.) To put together, as elements, ingredients, or parts, in order to form a whole; to combine, mix, or unite.
Compound (v. t.) To modify or change by combination with some other thing or part; to mingle with something else.
Compound (v. t.) To compose; to constitute.
Compound (v. t.) To settle amicably; to adjust by agreement; to compromise; to discharge from obligation upon terms different from those which were stipulated; as, to compound a debt.
Compound (v. i.) To effect a composition; to come to terms of agreement; to agree; to settle by a compromise; -- usually followed by with before the person participating, and for before the thing compounded or the consideration.
Compound (v. t.) Composed of two or more elements, ingredients, parts; produced by the union of several ingredients, parts, or things; composite; as, a compound word.
Compound (n.) That which is compounded or formed by the union or mixture of elements ingredients, or parts; a combination of simples; a compound word; the result of composition.
Compound (n.) A union of two or more ingredients in definite proportions by weight, so combined as to form a distinct substance; as, water is a compound of oxygen and hydrogen.
Compoundable (a.) That may be compounded.
Compounder (n.) One who, or that which, compounds or mixes; as, a compounder of medicines.
Compounder (n.) One who attempts to bring persons or parties to terms of agreement, or to accomplish, ends by compromises.
Compounder (n.) One who compounds a debt, obligation, or crime.
Compounder (n.) One at a university who pays extraordinary fees for the degree he is to take.
Compounder (n.) A Jacobite who favored the restoration of James II, on condition of a general amnesty and of guarantees for the security of the civil and ecclesiastical constitution of the realm.
Comprador (n.) A kind of steward or agent.
Comprecation (n.) A praying together.
Comprehended (imp. & p. p.) of Comprehend
Comprehending (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Comprehend
Comprehend (v. t.) To contain; to embrace; to include; as, the states comprehended in the Austrian Empire.
Comprehend (v. t.) To take in or include by construction or implication; to comprise; to imply.
Comprehend (v. t.) To take into the mind; to grasp with the understanding; to apprehend the meaning of; to understand.
Comprehensibility (n.) The quality or state of being comprehensible; capability of being understood.