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<blockquote>By a <b>computation</b> backward from ourselves. <i>Bacon.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>The result of computation; the amount computed.</def>

<syn>Syn. -- Reckoning; calculation; estimate; account.</syn>

<h1>Compute</h1> <Xpage=292>

<hw>Com*pute"</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <wordforms>[<tt>imp. & p. p.</tt> <er>Computed</er>; <tt>p. pr. & vb. n.</tt> <er>Computing</er>.]</wordforms> <ety>[L. <ets>computare</ets>. See <er>Count</er>, <tt>v. t.</tt>]</ety> <def>To determine calculation; to reckon; to count.</def>

<blockquote>Two days, as we <b>compute</b> the days of heaven. <i>Milton.</i></blockquote>

<blockquote>What's done we partly may <b>compute</b>, But know not what's resisted. <i>Burns.</i></blockquote>

<syn>Syn. -- To calculate; number; count; recken; estimate; enumerate; rate. See <er>Calculate</er>.</syn>

<h1>Compute</h1> <Xpage=292>

<hw>Com*pute"</hw>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>computus</ets>: cf. F. <ets>comput</ets>.]</ety> <def>Computation.</def> <mark>[R.]</mark>

<i>Sir T. Browne.</i>

<h1>Computer</h1> <Xpage=292>

<hw>Com*put"er</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>One who computes.</def>

<-- a machine which computes -->

<h1>Computist</h1> <Xpage=292>

<hw>Com"pu*tist</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>A computer.</def>

<h1>Comrade</h1> <Xpage=292>

<hw>Com"rade</hw> <tt>(? &or; ?; 277)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[Sp. <ets>camarada</ets>, fr. L. <ets>camara</ets>, a chamber; hence, a chamber-fellowship, and then a chamber-fellow: cf. F. <ets>camarade</ets>. Cf. <er>Chamber</er>.]</ety> <def>A mate, companion, or associate.</def>

<blockquote>And turned my flying <b>comrades</b> to the charge. <i>J. Baillie.</i></blockquote>

<blockquote>I abjure all roofs, and choose . . . To be a <b>comrade</b> with the wolf and owl. <i>Shak.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Comradery</h1> <Xpage=292>

<hw>Com"rade*ry</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[Cf. F. <ets>camarederie</ets>.]</ety> <def>The spirit of comradeship; comradeship.</def> <mark>[R.]</mark>

<blockquote>"Certainly", said Dunham, with the <b>comradery</b> of the smoker. <i>W. D. Howells.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Comradeship</h1> <Xpage=292>

<hw>Com"rade*ship</hw>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>The state of being a comrade; intimate fellowship.</def>

<h1>Comrogue</h1> <Xpage=292>

<hw>Com"rogue`</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>A fellow rogue.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<h1>Comtism</h1> <Xpage=292>

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