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Show cCo Co by ftep, till it gives a clear knowledg of the thing to be demonftrated. Thi 15 called the fynthetical method, and i ufed }By Euclid in his Elements, Harris ComPos1T1vE. adj. [from compofe.] Compound_ed 3 or, having the power of compounding Dis ComrosiTor. 4. /i [from compofe.] H that ranges and adjufts the types i printing; diftinguithed from the prefiman, who makes the impreflion upo paper CO'MPOST. . /. [Fr. compofitum, Lat. A mixture of various fubftances for enriching the ground; manure Avoid what is to come And do not fpread the compeff on the weeds To make them ranker, co Shake[peare's Hamlet ‘We alfo have great variety of compofts and foils for the making of the earth fruitful Bacon's Atlantis . Water young planted fhrubs, amomum efpecially, which you can hardly refrefh too often, an it requires abundant compyf Ewvelyn's Kalendar There, as his dream foretold, a cart he found That carried compoft forth to dung the ground Dryden In vain the nurfling grov Scems fair awhile, cherith'd with fofter earth But when the alien compoft is exhauft Its native poverty again prevails Philips o Comro'sT. . 2. [from the noun.] T manure ; to enrich with {oil By removing into worfe earth, or forbearing t tompof} the earth, water-mint turneth into field mint, and the colewort into rape Bacon's Natural Hiftory As for earth, it compofierh itfelf5 for I knew garden that had a field poured upon it, and it di bear fruit excellently Bacon's Natural Hiffory ComPo'sTURE. % /. [from compoft.] Soil manuare. Not ufed The earth s a thief ‘That feeds and breeds by a compoffure frol'' From gen'ral excrements Shake[peare's Timon Comro'surE. #. /& [from compofe. 1. The adt of compofing or inditing "Their own forms are not like to be fo found, o comprehenfive of the nature of the duty, as form of publick compofure King Charles 2. Arrangement; combination ; mixture order Hence languages arife, when, by inftitution an agreement, fuch a compofure of letters, fuch a word 15 intended to fignify fuch a certain thing produdtions of leifure, and fhould be vead with thof favourable allowances that are made to hafty compofures Atterbury In the compofures of men, remember you are man as well as they; and it is not their reafon but your own, that is given to guide you Watts on the Mind 7. Sedatenefs ; calmnefs ; tranquillity As one who loves, and fome unkindnefs meets With fweet auftere compofure thus replied. Milton The calmeft and fereneft hours of life, when th paflions of nature are all filent, and the min Watts's Logick enjoys its moft perfe compofure compofition fettlemen of differences The treaty at Uxbridge gave the fajreft hopes o an happy compofure Van guard ! to right an That all may fee, who hat Peace and compofure "T'hings were not brough feems yet to be room lef after there may be only fo King Charles left the front unfold us, how we fee Milton's Paradife Lof} to an extremity : ther for a compofure; herepity Dryden ComroTa'TION. 7. [ [compotatio, Lat. The a& of drinking or tippling together Secrecy to words fpoke under the rofe, onl mean, in compotation, from the ancient cuftom i fympofiack meetings, to wear chaplets of rofes Brown's Vulgar Erroyrs If thou wilt prolon Dire compotation, forthwith reafon quit In compofure of his face Liv'd a fair but manly grace 4. Frame make Crafbaw temperament Fo reel the ftrects at noon and ftand the buffe With flaves that fmell of fweat him fay this become And vain debates ; then twenty tongues at onc Confpire in fenfelefs jargon ; nought is hear But din and various clamour, and mad rant Who thefe things cannot blemifh Shakefpeare's Antony and Clespatra The duke of Buckingham fprung, without an help, by a kind of congenial compofure, to th likenefs of our late fovereign and mafter Wotzon g, Adjuftment God will rather lock to the inward raptures o the mind, tha of the body $ to the outward form and compofur Duppa Compofition; framed difcourfe Difcourfes on fuch occalions are feldo th 2. To bargain in the lump Here's a fellow will help you to-morrow; cog pound with him by the year 3. T com to terms thing on each fide Shakefpeare's Meafure for Meafure by granting fome Cornwall compounded to furnifh ten oxen afte Michaelmas for thirty pounds Carewv's Survey of Cornavall Once more I come to know of thee, king Harry If for thy ranfom thou wilt now compound Before thy moft affured overthrow 57 Shakefpeare's Henry V Made all the royal ftars recant Compound, and take the covenant Hudibras But ufelefs all, when he defpairing foun Catullus then did with the winds compound Dryden's Fuvenal Paracelfus and his admirers have compounde with the Galenifts, and brought a mixed ufeo chymical medicines into the prefent praftice 4. To determine { A 4 Toph o Thisis not in ufe ( L Together with the feal o' th' fenate, wha ‘We have compounded on Shake[peare's Coriolanus verb. th [fro 4dj Co'mMPoUND Philips. 1. Formed out of many ingredients; no 7o COMPO'UND. . a. [compono, Latin, fimple 1. To mingle many ingredients togethe The ancient ele@rum had in it a fifth of filve in one mafs 2. To form by uniting various parts Whofoever compoundeth any like it, {hall be cu off Exodus xxx It will be difficult to evince, that nature doe not make decompounded bodies; I mean, mingl together fuch bodies as are already compounded o elementary, or rather of fimple ones Boyle's Sceptical Chymift The ideas, being each but one fingle perception are eafier got than the more complex ones; an therefore are not liable to the uncertainty whic attends thofe compounded ones Locke 3. T mingl combine i different pofitions t We cannot have a fingle image that did no enter through the fight; but we have the powe thofe images into al two or more words Where it and Tigris embrace each other unde the city of Apamia, there do they agree of a join and compounded name, and are called Pifo-Tigris Raleigh's Hiftory of the World 5. To compofe by being united Who'd be fo mock'd with glory, as to liv But in a dream of friendthip to the gold, and made a compaund metal, as fit fo Bacon moft ufes as gold ‘To have his pomp, and all what ftate compounds But only painted, like his varnifh'd friends 6. Toadjuft a difference by fome receflio from the rigour of claims I would to God all ftrifes were well compounded Shakefpeare If there be any difcord or fuits between any o the family, they are compounded and appeafed Baconw's Neav Atlantis 7. To difcharge a debt by paying onl 2. [In grammar. Shall X, ye gods | he criesy my debts compound 1 Compofed of twoo more words ; not fimple Th T Thofe who are his greateft admirers, fee pleafed with them as beauties; I fpeak of his om f pea pound epithets 3. ComPoUND or aggregated Flower, botany, is fuch as confifts of many littl flowers, cOncurring together to mak up one whole one; each of which ha its ftyle and ftamina, and adhering feed For prefent ufe or profit, this is the rule s c%n- fimple bodies; confl e again the dignity of the ome above the otherhlI ufe; then fee if you can makea mmpo_ufld;' thds will fave more in price than it will lofe in dignity Bacon's Phyfical Remdint as flef ? mixtur an compoun i ma A South's Serimans well as fpirit Love why do we one pafiion call, When 'tis a compound of them all Where hot and cold, where fharp and' fweet,s In all their equipages meet 'w CoMPO'UNDABLE. adj. [from compou Capable of being compounded CoMPO'UNDER. 7 /. [from To compound gly; pedient-mongexs, who fhake their heads fo rg,:‘y Gay / 1. One who endeavours to bring partie to terms of agreement fame calyx : fuch are the funflower an dandelion Harri Co'mrounD. 7. /. [from the verb.] Th mafs formed by the union of many gredients fider the price of the tw and are all contained within one and th Thofe foftners; {weetners, m_flpounders, fi? part A Compound fubftances are made up of two or mor Watts's Legick fimple fubfances of the ufe Shakefpeare's Timon As his comipofure muft be rare indeed Subfcribed by the confuls and patricians Holder on Elements of Speech th varietie o picture Addifor's Spectator From the various compofures and combinations o thefe corpufcles together, happen all the varieties of | [In grammar.] To form one word fro 3. The form arifing from the difpofition o the various parts The.y were, at laft, glad to compound Sfor his"bm Clarendgy commitment to the Tower ‘We here deliver Her empire to confufion and mifrule of altering and compoundin the bodies formed ou of them Waodward's-Natuyral Hiftory abating fomething of the firft demand It has for before the thing accepted S remitted Pray but for half the virtues of this wife Compound for all the reft, with longer life. Dryden, To whom the virgin majefty of Eve 8. Agreement To Comeo'unND,w, e lgis 1. To come to terms of apreement, b |