compesce

English

Etymology

Latin compēscō (“I restrain”).

Verb

compesce (third-person singular simple present compesces, present participle compescing, simple past and past participle compesced)

(obsolete, transitive) To hold in check; to restrain.
- 1858 Thomas Carlyle, History of Friedrich II of Prussia
  And has coerced and compesced them (all that did not contrive to desert) into soldierly obedience[.]

Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for compesce in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913)

Latin

Verb

compesce

second-person singular present active imperative of compescō

单词	compesce
释义	compesce English Etymology Latin compēscō (“I restrain”). Verb compesce (third-person singular simple present compesces, present participle compescing, simple past and past participle compesced) (obsolete, transitive) To hold in check; to restrain. 1858 Thomas Carlyle, History of Friedrich II of Prussia And has coerced and compesced them (all that did not contrive to desert) into soldierly obedience[.] Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing. (See the entry for compesce in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913) Latin Verb compesce second-person singular present active imperative of compescō
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