Compression

Act of compre ing; state of being compre ed; condensation. Compre ive, a. Having power to compre . Compre or, n. That which serves or is adapted to compre . (Anat.) A name applied to those muscles which pre together the parts on which they act.-C. naris is a muscle of the nose, which compre es the alæ towards the septum nas i, particularly when we want to smell acutely. It also corrugates the nose, and a ists in expre ing certain pa ions. (Surg.) An instrument invented by Dupuytren, for compre ing the femoral artery. Compres's ure, n . pre ing against another. The act or force of one body "We tried whether heat would, notwithstanding so forcible a compre ure, dilate it." - Bacon. Comprint', v. i. To print together. Com'print, n. ( Law .) The surreptitious printing of a work belonging to another. The work so printed.