compressure (kompreshur)

[ We tried whether heat would, notwithstanding so forcible a compre ure, dilate it. Boyle, Spring of the Air. compriestt (kom-prēst'), n. IMG:content-0952.png:[blocks in formation] II. in trans. To make a compromise; agree by conce ion; come to terms. compromiser (kom'prō-mi-zėr), n. One who compromises; one given to compromising. But for the honest, vacillating minds, the timid compromisers who are always trying to curve the straight lines and round the sharp angles of eternal law, the continual debate of these living questions is the one offered means of grace. O. W. Holmes, Old Vol. of Life, p. 81. car-wheel having a broad tread to adapt it to compromise (kom'prō-miz), n. [= D. Dan. kompromis (= G. com pro mi = Sw. kompromi , comp rom is = Pr. comp rom is = Sp. comp rom i so = Pg. comp rom is so = It. compro- mes so , comp rom is sum , a compromise, orig. a mutual promise to refer to arbitration, compromise-wheel (kom'prō-miz-hwēl), n. A prop. neut. of L. com pro mi us , pp. of compro- mittere , make a mutual promise to abide by the tracks of slightly different gage. decision of an arbiter: see comp rom it, and cf. com promi or i alt (kom pro-mi-so'ri-al), a . [ promise , n.] 1. In civil law , a mutual promise or * com promi ory (= F.comp rom is so ire = Pg.com- contract of two parties in controversy to refer their differences to the decision of arbitrators. The parties are persuaded by friends or by their lawyers to put the matter in compromise . E. Knight , Tryall of Truth (1580), fol. 30. 2. A settlement of differences by mutual conce ions; an agreement or compact adopted as the means of superseding an undetermined controversy; a bargain or arrangement involving mutual conce ions; figuratively, a combination of two rival systems, principles, etc., in which a part of each is sacrificed to make the combination po ible. O inglorious league! Shall we, upon the footing of our land, Send fair-play orders, and make compromise , Insinuation, parley, and base truce, To arms invasive? Shak ., K. John, v. 1. All government is founded on compromise and bar Burke, Works, II. 169. ter. It cannot be too emphatically a erted that this policy of compromise, alike in institutions, in actions, and in beliefs, which especially characterizes English life, is a policy e ential to a society going through the transitions prom is so rio, comp rom it (kom-pro-mit'), v. t.; pret. and pp. comp rom it ted, ppr. comp rom it ting. [ Compromyttynge them selfes to abyde and per for me all suche sentence and awarde as shulde by hym be gyuen. Sir T. Elyot , The Govern our, iii. 4. 2. To put to hazard by some act or measure; endanger; prejudice; compromise. [Obsolescent, the form compromise being now generally used.] The ratification of the late treaty could not have com promitted our peace. Henry Clay. comp rom it ment (kom-pro-mitment), n. [ Cf. com presbyter.] A fellow-priest. What will he then praise them for? not for anything doing, but for deferring to do, for deferring to chastise his lewd and insolent com priests. Milton , Apology for Smectymnuus. comprint (kom-print'), v. i. [ law , to print print surreptitiously surreptitiously a work belonging to another. [Rare.]