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3. (Bot.) Belonging to the order Compositæ; bearing involucrate heads of many small florets, as the daisy, thistle, and dandelion.
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Coloq. Composite carriage , a railroad car having compartments of different classes. [Eng.] -- Coloq. Composite number (Math.), one which can be divided exactly by a number exceeding unity, as 6 by 2 or 3.. -- Coloq. Composite photograph or Coloq. Composite portrait , one made by a combination, or blending, of several distinct photographs. F. Galton. -- Coloq. Composite sailing (Naut.), a combination of parallel and great circle sailing. -- Coloq. Composite ship , one with a wooden casing and iron frame.
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Composite (?; 277), n. That which is made up of parts or compounded of several elements; composition; combination; compound. [R.]
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Composition (?), n. [F. composition, fr. L. compositio. See .] 1. The act or art of composing, or forming a whole or integral, by placing together and uniting different things, parts, or ingredients. In specific uses: (a) 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. “The constant habit of elaborate composition.” Macaulay. (b) (Fine Arts) 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. (c) The act of writing for practice in a language, as English, Latin, German, etc. (d) (Print.) The setting up of type and arranging it for printing.
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2. The state of being put together or composed; conjunction; combination; adjustment.
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View them in composition with other things. I. Watts.
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The elementary composition of bodies. Whewell.
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3. A mass or body formed by combining two or more substances; as, a chemical composition.
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A composition that looks . . . like marble. Addison.
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4. 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.
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5. Consistency; accord; congruity. [Obs.]
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There is no composition in these news
That gives them credit. Shak.
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6. Mutual agreement to terms or conditions for the settlement of a difference or controversy; also, the terms or conditions of settlement; agreement.
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Thus we are agreed:
I crave our composition may be written. Shak.
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7. (Law) 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.
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Compositions for not taking the order of knighthood. Hallam.
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Cleared by composition with their creditors. Blackstone.
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8. Synthesis as opposed to analysis.
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The investigation of difficult things by the method of analysis ought ever to precede the method of composition. Sir I. Newton.
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Coloq. Composition cloth , a kind of cloth covered with a preparation making it waterproof. -- Coloq. Composition deed , an agreement for composition between a debtor and several creditors. -- Coloq. Composition plane (Crystallog.), the plane by which the two individuals of a twin crystal are united in their reserved positions. -- Coloq. Composition of forces (Mech.), the finding of a single force (called the resultant) which shall be equal in effect to two or more given forces (called the components) when acting in given directions. Herbert. -- Coloq. Composition metal , an alloy resembling brass, which is sometimes used instead of copper for sheathing vessels; -- also called Muntz metal and yellow metal. -- Coloq. Composition of proportion (Math.), an arrangement of four proportionals so that the sum of the first and second is to the second as the sum of the third and fourth to the fourth.
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Compositive (?), a. [L. compositivus.] Having the quality of entering into composition; compounded. [R.]
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Compositor (?), n. [L., an arranger.] 1. One who composes or sets in order.
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2. (Print.) One who sets type and arranges it for use.
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Compositous (?), a. (Bot.) Belonging to the Compositæ; composite. [R.] Darwin.
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Compos mentis (?) a. [L.] (Law) Sane in mind; being of sound mind, memory, and understanding.
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Compos-mentis, n. One who is . [Colloq.]
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Compossible (?), a. [Pref. com- + possible.] Able to exist with another thing; consistent. [R.] Chillingworth.
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Compost (?; 277), n. [OF. compost, fr. L. compositus, p. p. See .] 1. A mixture; a compound. [R.]
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A sad compost of more bitter than sweet. Hammond.
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2. (Agric.) 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.
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And do not spread the compost on the weeds
To make them ranker. Shak.
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Compost, v. t. 1. To manure with compost.
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2. To mingle, as different fertilizing substances, in a mass where they will decompose and form into a compost.
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Composture (?; 135), n. [L. compositura, -postura, a joining.] Manure; compost. [Obs.] Shak.
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Composure (?), n. [From .] 1. The act of composing, or that which is composed; a composition. [Obs.]
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Signor Pietro, who had an admirable way both of composure [in music] and teaching. Evelyn.
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2. Orderly adjustment; disposition. [Obs.]
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Various composures and combinations of these corpuscles. Woodward.
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3. Frame; make; temperament. [Obs.]
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His composure must be rare indeed
Whom these things can not blemish. Shak.
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4. A settled state; calmness; sedateness; tranquillity; repose. “We seek peace and composure.” Milton.
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When the passions . . . are all silent, the mind enjoys its most perfect composure. I. Watts.
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5. A combination; a union; a bond. [Obs.] Shak.
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Compotation (?), n. [L. compotatio; com- + potare to drink.] The act of drinking or tippling together. [R.]
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The fashion of compotation. Sir W. Scott.
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Compotator (?), n. [L.] One who drinks with another. [R.] Pope.
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Compote (kŏmpōt), n. [F. See .] 1. 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. Littré.
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2. a bowl-shaped dish having a stem, and a base smaller than the bowl, used to serve compotes or other items, such as candies, nuts, or fruit; a compote dish. Compotes may be made of different materials, such as glass, porcelain, or silver.
Syn. -- compote dish, compotier.
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Compote dish a compote{2}.
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Compotier (kôNp�tyā), n.; pl. Compotiers (F. tyā). [F.] A dish for holding compotes, fruit, etc.; a compote dish, or compote{2}.
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Compound (kŏmpound), n. [Malay kompung a village.] In the East Indies, an inclosure containing a house, outbuildings, etc.
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Compound (kŏmpound), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Compounded; p. pr. & vb. n. Compounding.] [OE. componen, compounen, L. componere, compositum; com-+ ponere to put set. The d is excrescent. See , and cf. .] 1. To form or make by combining different elements, ingredients, or parts; as, to compound a medicine.
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Incapacitating him from successfully compounding a tale of this sort. Sir W. Scott.
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2. To put together, as elements, ingredients, or parts, in order to form a whole; to combine, mix, or unite.
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We have the power of altering and compounding those images into all the varieties of picture. Addison.
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3. To modify or change by combination with some other thing or part; to mingle with something else.
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Only compound me with forgotten dust. Shak.
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4. To compose; to constitute. [Obs.]
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His pomp and all what state compounds. Shak.
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5. 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.
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I pray, my lords, let me compound this strife. Shak.
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Coloq. To compound a felony , to accept of a consideration for forbearing to prosecute, such compounding being an indictable offense. See .
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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.
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Here's a fellow will help you to-morrow; . . . compound with him by the year. Shak.
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They were at last glad to compound for his bare commitment to the Tower. Clarendon.
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Cornwall compounded to furnish ten oxen after Michaelmas for thirty pounds. R. Carew.
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Compound for sins they are inclined to
By damning those they have no mind to. Hudibras.
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Compound (?), a. [OE. compouned, p. p. of compounen. See , 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.
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Compound substances are made up of two or more simple substances. I. Watts.
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Coloq. Compound addition , Coloq. subtraction , Coloq. multiplication , Coloq. division (Arith.), the addition, subtraction, etc., of compound numbers. -- Coloq. Compound crystal (Crystallog.), a twin crystal, or one seeming to be made up of two or more crystals combined according to regular laws of composition. -- Coloq. Compound engine (Mech.), a form of steam engine in which the steam that has been used in a high-pressure cylinder is made to do further service in a larger low-pressure cylinder, sometimes in several larger cylinders, successively. -- Coloq. Compound ether . (Chem.) See under . -- Coloq. Compound flower (Bot.), a flower head resembling a single flower, but really composed of several florets inclosed in a common calyxlike involucre, as the sunflower or dandelion. -- Coloq. Compound fraction . (Math.) See . -- Coloq. Compound fracture . See . -- Coloq. Compound householder , a householder who compounds or arranges with his landlord that his rates shall be included in his rents. [Eng.] -- Coloq. Compound interest . See . -- Coloq. Compound larceny . (Law) See . -- Coloq. Compound leaf (Bot.), a leaf having two or more separate blades or leaflets on a common leafstalk. -- Coloq. Compound microscope . See . -- Coloq. Compound motion . See . -- Coloq. Compound number (Math.), one constructed according to a varying scale of denomination; as, 3 cwt., 1 qr., 5 lb.; -- called also denominate number. -- Coloq. Compound pier (Arch.), a clustered column. -- Coloq. Compound quantity (Alg.), a quantity composed of two or more simple quantities or terms, connected by the sign + (plus) or - (minus). Thus, a + b - c, and bb - b, are compound quantities. -- Coloq. Compound radical . (Chem.) See . -- Coloq. Compound ratio (Math.), the product of two or more ratios; thus ab:cd is a ratio compounded of the simple ratios a:c and b:d. -- Coloq. Compound rest (Mech.), the tool carriage of an engine lathe. -- Coloq. Compound screw (Mech.), a screw having on the same axis two or more screws with different pitch (a differential screw), or running in different directions (a right and left screw). -- Coloq. Compound time (Mus.), that in which two or more simple measures are combined in one; as, 6-8 time is the joining of two measures of 3-8 time. -- Coloq. Compound word , a word composed of two or more words; specifically, two or more words joined together by a hyphen.
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Compound, n. 1. 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. Shak.
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Rare compound of oddity, frolic, and fun. Goldsmith.
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When the word “bishopric” was first made, it was made as a compound. Earle.
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2. (Chem.) 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.
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☞ Every definite chemical compound always contains the same elements, united in the same proportions by weight, and with the same internal arrangement.
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Coloq. Binary compound (Chem.). See under . -- Coloq. Carbon compounds (Chem.). See under .
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Compoundable (?), a. That may be compounded.
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Compound control. (Aëronautics) A system of control in which a separate manipulation, as of a rudder, may be effected by either of two movements, in different directions, of a single lever, etc.
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compounded adj. combined into or constituting a chemical compound.
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Compounder (?), n. 1. One who, or that which, compounds or mixes; as, a compounder of medicines.
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2. One who attempts to bring persons or parties to terms of agreement, or to accomplish ends by compromises. “Compounders in politics.” Burke.
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3. One who compounds a debt, obligation, or crime.
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Religious houses made compounders
For the horrid actions of their founders. Hudibras.
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4. One at a university who pays extraordinary fees for the degree he is to take. [Eng.] A. Wood.
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5. (Eng. Hist.) 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.
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compounding n. the act of combining things.
Syn. -- combination, combining.
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Comprador (?), n. [Pg., a buyer.] A kind of steward or agent. [China] S. W. Williams
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Comprecation (?), n. [L. comprecatio, fr. comprecari to pray to. See .] A praying together. [Obs.] Bp. Wilkins.
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Comprehend (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Comprehended; p. pr. & vb. n. Comprehending.] [L. comprehendere, comprehensum; com- + prehendere to grasp, seize; prae before + hendere (used only in comp.). See , and cf. .] 1. To contain; to embrace; to include; as, the states comprehended in the Austrian Empire.
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Who hath . . . comprehended the dust of the earth in a measure. Is. xl. 12.
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2. To take in or include by construction or implication; to comprise; to imply.
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Comprehended all in this one word, Discretion. Hobbes.
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And if there be any other commandment, it is briefly comprehended in this saying. Rom. xiii. 9.
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3. To take into the mind; to grasp with the understanding; to apprehend the meaning of; to understand.
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At a loss to comprehend the question. W. Irwing.
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Great things doeth he, which we can not comprehend. Job. xxxvii. 5.

Syn. -- To contain; include; embrace; comprise; inclose; grasp; embody; involve; imply; apprehend; imagine; conceive; understand. See .
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comprehendible adj. able to be understood. Opposite of incomprehensible. [Narrower terms: clear, distinct] Also See: , , , .
Syn. -- comprehensible.
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Comprehensibility (?), n. The quality or state of being comprehensible; capability of being understood.
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Comprehensible (?), a. [L. comprehensibilis: cf. F. compreéhensible.] 1. Capable of being comprehended, included, or comprised.
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Lest this part of knowledge should seem to any not comprehensible by axiom, we will set down some heads of it. Bacon.
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2. Capable of being understood; intelligible; conceivable by the mind.
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The horizon sets the bounds . . . between what is and what is not comprehensible by us. Locke.
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Comprehensibleness, n. The quality of being comprehensible; comprehensibility.
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Comprehensibly, adv. 1. With great extent of signification; comprehensively. Tillotson.
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2. Intelligibly; in a manner to be comprehended or understood.
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Comprehension (?), n. [L. comprehensio: cf. F. compréhension.] 1. The act of comprehending, containing, or comprising; inclusion.
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In the Old Testament there is a close comprehension of the New; in the New, an open discovery of the Old. Hooker.
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2. That which is comprehended or inclosed within narrow limits; a summary; an epitome. [Obs.]
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Though not a catalogue of fundamentals, yet . . . a comprehension of them. Chillingworth.
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3. The capacity of the mind to perceive and understand; the power, act, or process of grasping with the intellect; perception; understanding; as, a comprehension of abstract principles.
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4. (Logic) The complement of attributes which make up the notion signified by a general term.
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5. (Rhet.) A figure by which the name of a whole is put for a part, or that of a part for a whole, or a definite number for an indefinite.
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Comprehensive (?), a. [Cf. F. compréhensif.] 1. Including much; comprising many things; having a wide scope or a full view.
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A very comprehensive definition. Bentley.
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Large and comprehensive idea. Channing.
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2. Having the power to comprehend or understand many things. “His comprehensive head.” Pope.
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3. (Zoöl.) Possessing peculiarities that are characteristic of several diverse groups.
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☞ The term is applied chiefly to early fossil groups which have a combination of structures that appear in more fully developed or specialized forms in later groups. Synthetic, as used by Agassiz, is nearly synonymous.

Syn. -- Extensive; wide; large; full; compendious.
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Comprehensively, adv. In a comprehensive manner; with great extent of scope.
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Comprehensiveness, n. The quality of being comprehensive; extensiveness of scope.
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Compare the beauty and comprehensiveness of legends on ancient coins. Addison.
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Comprehensor (?), n. One who comprehends; one who has attained to a full knowledge. [Obs.]
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When I shall have dispatched this weary pilgrimage, and from a traveler shall come to be a comprehensor, farewell faith and welcome vision. Bp. Hall.
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Compress (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Compressed (?); p. pr & vb. n. Compressing.] [L. compressus, p. p. of comprimere to compress: com- + premere to press. See Press.] 1. 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.
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Events of centuries . . . compressed within the compass of a single life. D. Webster.
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The same strength of expression, though more compressed, runs through his historical harangues. Melmoth.
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2. To embrace sexually. [Obs.] Pope.
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3. (Computers) to reduce the space required for storage (of binary data) by an algorithm which converts the data to a smaller number of bits while preserving the information content. The compressed data is usually decompressed to recover the initial data format before subsequent use.
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Syn. -- To crowd; squeeze; condense; reduce; abridge.
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