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Show CO co place of another ; to give or receive on thing for another Thi will commute ou tafks exchang ‘pleafant and gainful ones, which Go thef afligns, fo thofe uneafy and fruitlefs ones we impofe on ourfelves Decay of Piety 2. To buy off, or ranfom one obligatio by another Some commute {wearing for whoring; as if forbearance of the one were a difpenfation for th other L' Efirange 70 Commu'TE @. gain for exemption. To atone ; to bar Thofe inftitutions which God defigned for mean to further men in holinefs, they look upon as privilege to ferve inftead of it, and to commute fo it South's Sermons Commu'ruar. adj. [ con and mutual. Mutual; reciprocal. Ufed only in poetry Love our hearts, and Hyme did our hands Unite commutual in moft facred bands Shakefpeare's Hamlet There, with commutual zeal, we both had ftrov In a&s of dear benevolence and love Brothers in peace, not rivals in command CO'MPACT. n. /. [ padtum, Latin.] contract ; an accord; an agreement; mutual and fettled appointment betwee to forbear fome thing. It had anciently the accent o the laft {yllable T hope the king made peace with all of us £ind the compaé? is firm and true in me Shakefpeare's Richard 111 In the beginnings of fpeech there was an inrplicit conipaé?, founded upon common confent, tha fuc words voices or geftures thoul whereby they would exprefs their thoughts o Comea'cT 1 w. a. [compingo be fign South compac tum, Latin. To join together with firmnefs ; t unite clofely ; to confolidate Inform her full of my particular fears And thereto add fuch reafons of your own As may compaé? it more. Shakefpeare's King Lear Nor are the nerves of his compacted ftrengt Stretch'd and diffolv'd into unfinew'd length Denpam By what degrees this earth's compacfed fpher ‘Wa harden'd, woods, and rocks, and towns; t bear Rofcommon This difeafe is more dangerous, as'the folids ar more fri&t and compated, and confequentl {o as people are advanced in age. Arbuth. o Now the bright fun compat?s the preciou Imparting radiant luftre like his own Blackmore' 2, To make out of fomething mor Dict ftone Creat If ke, compaél of jars, grow mufical We fhall have fho'rtly difcord in the fpheres. Shak 3. To league with Thou pernicious woman Compat? with her that's gone, think'ft thou th oaths ‘Theugh they would fwear down each particular fac Were teftimopies 1 Firm folid ; clofe Shakefpe Meafure for Meafure denfe Towards his queen he w companiable andqrefpe&ive. i nogygg'?';?::};;m'vliu of fir texture Is not the denfity greater in free and open fpaces void of air and other grofier bodies, than withi the pores-of water, glafs, cryftal, gems, and othe compac? bodies WNewton's Opticks Without attraction, the diffevered particles o Comea'N10N. n. /. [compagnon, French 1. One with whom a man frequently Converfes, or with whom he fhares his hour of relaxation. It differs from Jriend, a acquaintance from confidence the chaos could never convene into fuch great com pa& mafles as the planets 2. Compofed How now Bentley confifting Are of imagination all compat A wand'ring fire And the cold environs around condenfes Milton In'one hand Pan has a pipe of feven reeds, com peff with wax together Wher No fweet companion near with whom to mourn, Prior 2. A partner ; an aflociate Epaphroditus, my brother and comparion in Ja as, a2 com a forcign tongue is elegant, expreflive clofe, and compal?, we muft ftudy the utmoft forc of our language Felton 3. A familiar term of contempt; afellow Sticking or compatiednefs, being natural to denfity, requires fome excefs of gravity in proportio to the denfity, or fome other outward violence, t break it Digby on Bodies It gives boldnefs to every petty companion t fpread rumours to my defamation, whereI canno Comra'cTEDNESS. 7. /. [from compacted. Firmnefs ; denfity Thofe atoms are fuppofed infrangible, extreme ly compa&ted and hard; which compattednefs an hardnefs is a demonftration that nothing could b I feorn you, fcurvy companion! What ? you poor bafe, rafcally, cheating, lack-linnen mate! ayay you mouldy rogue, away Shakefpe Henry IV be prefent agreeable their compactnefs and durity Brown The beft lime mortar will not have attained it utmoft compaéinefs, till fourfcore years after it ha been employed in building ‘This is one reafo why, in demolithing ancient fabries, it is eafier t break the ftone than the mortar Boyle The reft, by reafon of the compaéinefs of terreftrial matter, cannot make its way to wells Woodward Comra'cTURE. 2. /. [from compal?.] Structure ; manner in which any thing i joined together ; compagination. good word, but not in ufe CoMra'NIONABLY. adw. [from companionable.] In a companionable manner Comrpa'N10NSHIP. . /. [from companion 1. Company ; train are only a regula compages of pipes and veflels, for the fluids to paf through Ray ComraciNa‘TiON 7. /. [compago, Latin. Union; firuéture; junition; connexion contexture The intire or broken compagination of the magnetical fabrick under it. Brown's ¥ulgar Errours Co'MPANARLENESS. 7 /. [from company. The quality of being a good companion {ociablenefs. A word not now in ufe His eyes full of merry fimplicity, his words o bearty companablencfs Sidney Shake[peare's Timtr All of companionfbip 2. Fellowfhip; affociation S If it be honour in your wars to fee The fame you are not, which, for your beft ends You call your policy; how is 't lefs, or worfe, That it thall hold companion/bip in peac With honour as inwar ? Shakefpeare's Coriolasut CO'MPANY. x either from co fame town ; o eats of the fam /. [compagnie, French and pagus, one of th cor and panis, one tha mefs. 1. Perfons affembled together; a bodyo men Go, carry Sir John Falftaff to the Fleet Take all his company along with him Shakefpeare's Henry IV Honeft company, I thank you all That have beheld me give awa)& m_yfelf Neither unfeemly fhort, nor yet exceeding long Fairy Queen The organs in animal bodie Alcibiades, and fome twenty horfe, And over it a fair portcullis hong ‘Which to the gate direétly did incline With comely compafs, and compacture firong COMPAGES. ». /. [Latin.] A fyftem o many parts united He had a more companionable wit, and fwaye more among the good fellows Clarendon Irradiancy or fparkling, found in many gems is not difcoverable in this, for it cometh fhort o ~ Raligh, Compa'N1ONABLE. adj. [ from companion.] . Fit for good fellowfhip; foctal Cheyne Comra'cTLy. adv. [from compadi. 1. Clofely ; denfely 2. With neat joining; with good compacture Comea'crness. n /. [ from compalt. Firmnefs; clofenefs; denfity bour, and fellow foldier Phil. i, 25 Bereay'd of happinefs, thou may'ft partak His punifhment, eternal mifery ‘Which would be all his folace and revenge Thee once to gain companion of his woe. Mg Peacham 4. Brief, and well conne&ed pact difcourfe d Egchus vi. 10 With anxious doubts, with raging paffions torn Compact of un€tuous vapour, which the nigh 3. Joined ; held together lord? wh Some fri en<.1 1s a companion at the table, and yij not continue in the day of thy affliétion Shakefpeare Kindled through agitation to a flame m Of forrieft f;nci}::s your com;anioig‘:nl:fg ?al,onq b . Shakefpeare's Machess The lunatic, the lover, and the poet produced by them Pope's Ody[fey two or more, to do o Comea'cr, adj. [compalius, Latin, Commu'tative, adi. [from commaute. Relative to exchange; as, commutativ J#flice, that honefty which is exercife in traffick, and which is contrary t fraud in bargains 7> COMMU'TE. v. a. [commuto, Latin. 1. To exchange ; to put one thing in th tercourfe The law of God had allowed an evafion, that is by way of commutation or redemption Brown poral for a pecuniary punithment 4 To join together; to bring into a fyf- Co'MPANIABLEadj . [from compaps 1 € ] fl" tem cial; having the qualitie compa. We fee the world {o compacted, that each thin nion ; fociable ; maintaining frienq) preferveth other things, and alfoitfelf Hooker i 1 t, fweet, an To thisi moft patie 2 3. Ranfom; the a& of exchanging a cor e o-"'fi/ o quakefpl{If virl tuo Perfons aflembled for the entertainment of each other ; an affembly o pleafure A crowd is not company; and fitc?s zre ut ovess B no i ther wher gallery of pi€tures 3. Perfons confidered as affembled for cgn verfation ; or as capable of converfati and mutual entertainment Monfieur Zulichem came to me among ;'he \'2 dg:{ of the good company of the town Knowledge of men and manners, the frecdo habitudes, and converfation with the bGfi g"'f‘d:m of both fexes, is neceffary 'JL 2 |