Part 2205

<h1>Comprehensor</h1> <Xpage=292>

<hw>Com`pre*hen"sor</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>One who comprehends; one who has attained to a full knowledge.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<blockquote>When I shall have dispatched this weary pilgrimage, and from a traveler shall come to be a <b>comprehensor</b>, farewell faith and welcome vision. <i>Bp. Hall.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Compress</h1> <Xpage=292>

<hw>Com*press"</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <wordforms>[<tt>imp. & p. p.</tt> <er>Compressed</er> <tt>(?)</tt>; <tt>p. pr & vb. n.</tt> <er>Compressing</er>.]</wordforms> <ety>[L. <ets>compressus</ets>, p. p. of <ets>comprimere</ets> to compress: <ets>com-</ets> + <ets>premere</ets> to press. See Press.]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <def>To press or squeeze together; to force into a narrower compass; to reduce the volume of by pressure; to compact; to condense; <as>as, to <ex>compress</ex> air or water</as>.</def>

<blockquote>Events of centuries . . . <b>compressed</b> within the compass of a single life. <i>D. Webster.</i></blockquote>

<blockquote>The same strength of expression, though more <b>compressed</b>, runs through his historical harangues. <i>Melmoth.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>To embrace sexually.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<i>Pope.</i>

<syn>Syn. -- To crowd; squeeze; condense; reduce; abridge.</syn>

<h1>Compress</h1> <Xpage=292>

<hw>Com"press</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[F. <ets>compresse</ets>.]</ety> <fld>(Surg.)</fld> <def>A folded piece of cloth, pledget of lint, etc., used to cover the dressing of wounds, and so placed as, by the aid of a bandage, to make due pressure on any part.</def>

<h1>Compressed</h1> <Xpage=292>

<hw>Com*pressed"</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <p><b>1.</b> <def>Pressed together; compacted; reduced in volume by pressure.</def>

<p><b>2.</b> <fld>(Bot.)</fld> <def>Flattened lengthwise.</def>

<cs><col>Compessed air engine</col>, <cd>an engine operated by the elastic force of compressed air.</cd></cs>

<h1>Compressibility</h1> <Xpage=292>

<hw>Com*press`i*bil"i*ty</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[Cf. F. <ets>compressibilit\'82</ets>.]</ety> <def>The quality of being compressible of being compressible; <as>as, the <ex>compressibility</ex> of elastic fluids</as>.</def>

<h1>Compressible</h1> <Xpage=292>

<hw>Com*press"i*ble</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[Cf. F. <ets>compressible</ets>.]</ety> <def>Capable of being pressed together or forced into a narrower compass, as an elastic or spongy substance.</def>

<h1>Compressibleness</h1> <Xpage=292>

<hw>Com*press"ible*ness</hw>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>The quality of being compressible; compressibility.</def>

<h1>Compression</h1> <Xpage=292>

<hw>Com*pres"sion</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>compressio</ets>: cf. F. <ets>compression</ets>.]</ety> <def>The act of compressing, or state of being compressed.</def> "<i>Compression</i> of thought."

<i>Johnson.</i>

<h1>Compressive</h1> <Xpage=292>

<hw>Com*press"ive</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[Cf. F. <ets>compressif</ets>.]</ety> <def>Compressing, or having power or tendency to compress; <as>as, a <ex>compressive</ex> force</as>.</def>

<h1>Compressor</h1> <Xpage=292>