Compromise

[Fr. comp rom is, from Lat. comp rom is sum. See the verb.] ( Law.) A mutual promise of parties in controversy to refer their differences to the decision of arbitrators. - An amicable agreement to settle differences by mutual conce ions; mutual agreement; adjustment. v. a. [Lat. comp rom it to, com pro mi us con, and pro mit to , to promise.] To promise mutually to abide by the decision of an arbitrator or referee, or to settle differences by mutual conce ions; as, to compromise a case. -To involve; to commit; to put to hazard; to pledge by Comprehend', v. a. [Fr. comprendre; It. comprendere; Sp. comp render; Lat. com pre hen do, to hold, contain; probably allied to Goth. hand as, hand a; Icel. hönd; Dan. haand , the hand.] To comprise: to embrace within limits; to contain; to include by construction or im- plication; to imply; as, nature comprehends all things. "An art which comprehends so many different parts." - Dryden. -To take into or contain in the mind; to apprehend; to conceive; to have mental perception of; to understand: to grasp the meaning of; as, to comprehend a learned Comp rom is so'rial, a . Relating or pertaining to a disquisition. some act or declaration; as, to compromise one's char acter. "All who had been compromised in the late disturbances." Motley. Com'promiser, n. One who compromises. compromise. (R.) hensible. IMG:content-0295.jpg:[blocks in formation] computable numbers.