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3. A committal to something derogatory or objectionable; a prejudicial concession; a surrender; as, a compromise of character or right.

I was determined not to accept any fine speeches, to the compromise of that sex the belonging to which was, after all, my strongest claim and title to them. Lamb.

Com"pro*mise, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Compromised (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Compromising.] [From Compromise, n.; cf. Compromit.] 1. To bind by mutual agreement; to agree. [Obs.]

Laban and himself were compromised That all the eanlings which were streaked and pied Should fall as Jacob's hire. Shak.

2. To adjust and settle by mutual concessions; to compound.

The controversy may easily be compromised. Fuller.

3. To pledge by some act or declaration; to endanger the life, reputation, etc., of, by some act which can not be recalled; to expose to suspicion.

To pardon all who had been compromised in the late disturbances. Motley.

Com"pro*mise, v. i. 1. To agree; to accord. [Obs.]

2. To make concession for conciliation and peace.

Com"pro*mi`ser (?), n. One who compromises.

Com`pro*mis*so"ri*al (?), a. Relating to compromise. [R.] Chalmers.

Com"pro*mit` (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Compromitted; p. pr. & vb. n. Compromitting.] [L. compromittere. See Compromise, n.] 1. To pledge by some act or declaration; to promise. State Trials (1529).

2. To put to hazard, by some indiscretion; to endanger; to compromise; as, to compromit the honor or the safety of a nation.

Com`pro*vin"cial (?), a. Belonging to, or associated in, the same province. [Obs.] -- n. One who belongs to the same province. [Obs.]

The six islands, comprovincial In ancient times unto Great Britain. Spenser.

||Comp*sog"na*thus (k&obreve;mp*s&obreve;g"n&adot;*thŭs), n. [NL., fr. Gr. kompo`s elegant, pretty + gna`qos jaw.] (Zo÷l.) A genus of Dinosauria found in the Jurassic formation, and remarkable for having several birdlike features.

Compt (kount, formerly k&obreve;mt; 215), n. [F. compte. See Count an account.] Account; reckoning; computation. [Obs.] Shak.

Compt, v. t. [F. compter. See Count, v. t.] To compute; to count. [Obs.] See Count.

Compt, a. [L. comptus, p. p. of comere to care for, comb, arrange, adorn.] Neat; spruce. [Obs.] Cotgrave.

Compt"er (?), n. A counter. [Obs.] Shak.

||Compte" ren`du (?). [F.] A report of an officer or agent.

Compt"i*ble (?), a. [See Compt, v. t.] Accountable; responsible; sensitive. [Obs.]

I am very comptible even to the least sinister usage. Shak.

Compt"ly (?), adv. Neatly. [Obs.] Sherwood.

Comp*trol" (?), n. & v. See Control.

Comp*trol"er (?), n. A controller; a public officer whose duty it is to examine certify accounts.

Com*pul"sa*tive (?), a. [From L. compulsare, v. intens. of compellere. See Compel.] Compulsatory. [R.] Shak.