Part 2181

<i>Blackstone.</i>

<h1>Compellably</h1> <Xpage=289>

<hw>Com*pel"la*bly</hw>, <tt>adv.</tt> <def>By compulsion.</def>

<h1>Compellation</h1> <Xpage=289>

<hw>Com`pel*la"tion</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>compellatio</ets>, fr. <ets>compellare</ets> to accost, fr. <ets>compellere</ets>. See <er>Compel</er>.]</ety> <def>Style of address or salutation; an appellation.</def> "Metaphorical <i>compellations</i>."

<i>Milton.</i>

<blockquote>He useth this endearing <b>compellation</b>, "My little children." <i>Bp. Beveridge.</i></blockquote>

<blockquote>The peculiar <b>compellation</b> of the kings in France is by "Sire," which is nothing else but father. <i>Sir W. Temple.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Compellative</h1> <Xpage=289>

<hw>Com*pel"la*tive</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <fld>(Gram.)</fld> <def>The name by which a person is addressed; an appellative.</def>

<h1>Compellatory</h1> <Xpage=289>

<hw>Com*pel"la*to*ry</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Serving to compel; compulsory.</def> <mark>[R.]</mark>

<h1>Compeller</h1> <Xpage=289>

<hw>Com*pel"ler</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>One who compels or constrains.</def>

<h1>Compend</h1> <Xpage=289>

<hw>Com"pend</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>A compendium; an epitome; a summary.</def>

<blockquote>A <b>compend</b> and recapitulation of the Mosaical law. <i>Bp. Burnet.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Compendiarious</h1> <Xpage=289>

<hw>Com*pen`di*a"ri*ous</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>compendiarius</ets>.]</ety> <def>Short; compendious.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<i>Bailey.</i>

<h1>Compendiate</h1> <Xpage=289>

<hw>Com*pen"di*ate</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>compendiatus</ets>, p. p. of <ets>compendiare</ets> to shorten, fr. <ets>compendium</ets>.]</ety> <def>To sum or collect together.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<i>Bp. King.</i>

<h1>Compendious</h1> <Xpage=289>

<hw>Com*pen"di*ous</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>compendiosus</ets>.]</ety> <def>Containing the substance oe general principles of a subject or work in a narrow compass; abridged; summarized.</def>

<blockquote>More <b>compendious</b> and exeditious ways. <i>Woodward.</i></blockquote>

<blockquote>Three things be required in the oration of a man having authority -- that it be <b>compendious</b>, sententious, and delectable. <i>Sir T. Elyot.</i></blockquote>

<syn>Syn. -- Short; summary; abridged; condensed; comprehensive; succinct; brief; concise.</syn>