Webster's Unabridged Dictionary - Letter C - Page 96
Complutensian (a.) Of or pertaining to Complutum (now Alcala de Henares) a city near Madrid; as, the Complutensian Bible.
Compluvium (n.) A space left unroofed over the court of a Roman dwelling, through which the rain fell into the impluvium or cistern.
Complied (imp. & p. p.) of Comply.
Complying (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Comply.
Comply (v. i.) （對要求、命令等）依從，順從，遵從 [（+with）] To yield assent; to accord; agree, or acquiesce; to adapt one's self; to consent or conform; -- usually followed by with.
Comply (v. i.) To be ceremoniously courteous; to make one's compliments.
Comply (v. t.) To fulfill; to accomplish.
Comply (v. t.) To infold; to embrace.
Compone (v. t.) To compose; to settle; to arrange.
Compone (a.) See Compony.
Component (v. t.) Serving, or helping, to form; composing; constituting; constituent.
Component (n.) A constituent part; an ingredient.
Compony (a.) Alt. of Compone.
Compone (a.) Divided into squares of alternate tinctures in a single row; -- said of any bearing; or, in the case of a bearing having curved lines, divided into patches of alternate colors following the curve. If there are two rows it is called counter-compony.
Comported (imp. & p. p.) of Comport.
Comporting (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Comport.
Comport (v. i.) To bear or endure; to put up (with); as, to comport with an injury. [Obs.] -- Barrow.
Comport (v. i.) To agree; to accord; to suit; -- sometimes followed by with.
How ill this dullness doth comport with greatness. -- Beau. & Fl.
How their behavior herein comported with the institution. -- Locke.
Comport (v. t.) To bear; to endure; to brook; to put with. [Obs.]
The malcontented sort That never can the present state comport. -- Daniel.
Comport (v. t.) To carry; to conduct; -- with a reflexive pronoun.
Observe how Lord Somers . . . comported himself. -- Burke.
Comport (v. t.) To conduct or behave (oneself) in a particular manner.
Comport (v. t.) To be fitting; to accord; to agree -- usually followed by 'with'.
Comport (n.) Manner of acting; behavior; conduct; deportment. [Obs.]
I knew them well, and marked their rude comport. -- Dryden.
Comport (v.) Behave well or properly; "The children must learn to behave" [syn: behave, comport] [ant: misbehave, misconduct, misdemean].
Comport (v.) Behave in a certain manner; "She carried herself well"; "he bore himself with dignity"; "They conducted themselves well during these difficult times" [syn: behave, acquit, bear, deport, conduct, comport, carry].
Comportable (a.) Suitable; consistent.
Comportance (n.) Behavior; comport.
Comportation (n.) A bringing together.
Comportment (n.) Manner of acting; behavior; bearing.
Composed (imp. & p. p.) of Compose.
Composing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Compose.
Compose (v. t.) To form by putting together two or more things or parts; to put together; to make up; to fashion.
Zeal ought to be composed of the highest degrees of all pious affection. -- Bp. Sprat.
Compose (v. t.) To form the substance of, or part of the substance of; to constitute.
Their borrowed gold composed The calf in Oreb. -- Milton.
A few useful things . . . compose their intellectual possessions. -- I. Watts.
Compose (v. t.) To construct by mental labor; to design and execute, or put together, in a manner involving the adaptation of forms of expression to ideas, or to the laws of harmony or proportion; as, to compose a sentence, a sermon, a symphony, or a picture.
Let me compose Something in verse as well as prose. -- Pope.
The genius that composed such works as the "Standard" and "Last Supper". -- B. R. Haydon.
Compose (v. t.) To dispose in proper form; to reduce to order; to put in proper state or condition; to adjust; to regulate.
In a peaceful grave my corpse compose. -- Dryden.
How in safety best we may Compose our present evils. -- Milton.
Compose (v. t.) To free from agitation or disturbance; to tranquilize; to soothe; to calm; to quiet.
Compose thy mind; Nor frauds are here contrived, nor force designed. -- Dryden.
Compose (v. t.) (Print.) To arrange (types) in a composing stick in order for printing; to set (type).
Compose (v. i.) To come to terms. [Obs.] -- Shak.
Compose (v.) Form the substance of; "Greed and ambition composed his personality."
Compose (v.) Write music; "Beethoven composed nine symphonies" [syn: compose, write].
Compose (v.) Produce a literary work; "She composed a poem"; "He wrote four novels" [syn: write, compose, pen, indite].
Compose (v.) Put together out of existing material; "compile a list" [syn: compose, compile].
Compose (v.) Calm (someone, especially oneself); make quiet; "She had to compose herself before she could reply to this terrible insult."
Compose (v.) Make up plans or basic details for; "frame a policy" [syn: frame, compose, draw up].
Composed (a.) Free from agitation; calm; sedate; quiet; tranquil; self-possessed.
The Mantuan there in sober triumph sate, Composed his posture, and his look sedate. -- Pope. -- Com*pos"ed*ly, adv. -- Com*pos"ed*ness, n.
Composed (a.) Serenely self-possessed and free from agitation especially in times of stress; "the performer seemed completely composed as she stepped onto the stage"; "I felt calm and more composed than I had in a long time" [ant: discomposed].
Composer (n.) One who composes; an author. Specifically, an author of a piece of music.
If the thoughts of such authors have nothing in them, they at least . . . show an honest industry and a good intention in the composer. -- Addison.
His [Mozart's] most brilliant and solid glory is founded upon his talents as a composer. -- Moore (Encyc. of Mus.).
Composer (n.) One who, or that which, quiets or calms; one who adjusts a difference.
Sweet composers of the pensive soul. -- Gay.
Composer (n.) Someone who composes music as a profession.
Composing (a.) Tending to compose or soothe.
Composing (a.) Pertaining to, or used in, composition.
Composing frame (Print.), A stand for holding cases of type when in use.
Composing rule (Print.), A thin slip of brass or steel, against which the type is arranged in a composing stick, or by the aid of which stickfuls or handfuls or type are lifted; -- called also setting rule.
Composing stick (Print.), An instrument usually of metal, which the compositor holds in his left hand, and in which he arranges the type in words and lines. It has one open side, and one adjustable end by means of which the length of the lines, and consequently the width of the page or column, may be determined.
Composing (n.) The spatial property resulting from the arrangement of parts in relation to each other and to the whole; "harmonious composition is essential in a serious work of art" [syn: composition, composing].
Composing (n.) Musical creation [syn: composing, composition].
Compositae (n. pl.) (Bot.) A large family of dicotyledonous plants, having their flowers arranged in dense heads of many small florets and their anthers united in a tube. The daisy, dandelion, and asters, are examples.
Compositae (n.) Plants with heads composed of many florets: aster; daisy; dandelion; goldenrod; marigold; lettuces; ragweed; sunflower; thistle; zinnia [syn: Compositae, family Compositae, Asteraceae, family Asteraceae, aster family].
Composite (a.) 合成的，複合的，混成的；【建】（大寫）（柱型）混合的 Made up of distinct parts or elements; compounded; as, a composite language.
Happiness, like air and water . . . is composite. -- Landor.
Composite (a.) (Arch.) Belonging to a certain order which is composed of the Ionic order grafted upon the Corinthian. It is called also the Roman or the Italic order, and is one of the five orders recognized by the Italian writers of the sixteenth century. See Capital.
Composite (a.) (Bot.) Belonging to the order Compositae; bearing involucrate heads of many small florets, as the daisy, thistle, and dandelion.
Composite carriage, A railroad car having compartments of different classes. [Eng.]
Composite number (Math.), One which can be divided exactly by a number exceeding unity, as 6 by 2 or 3..
Composite photograph or Composite portrait, One made by a combination, or blending, of several distinct photographs. -- F. Galton.
Composite sailing (Naut.), A combination of parallel and great circle sailing.
Composite ship, One with a wooden casing and iron frame.
Composite (n.) [C] 合成物；複合材料 That which is made up of parts or compounded of several elements; composition; combination; compound. [R.]
Composite (a.) Consisting of separate interconnected parts.
Composite (a.) Of or relating to or belonging to the plant family Compositae
Composite (n.) A conceptual whole made up of complicated and related parts; "the complex of shopping malls, houses, and roads created a new town" [syn: complex, composite].
Composite (n.) Considered the most highly evolved dicotyledonous plants, characterized by florets arranged in dense heads that resemble single flowers [syn: composite, composite plant].
Composite (n.) (Botany) 菊科植物 A composite plant.
Composite (n.) [ C ] （由不同部分組成的）混合物，合成物，綜合體 Something that is made of various different parts.
// The main character in her latest novel is a composite of several public figures of that era. Scientists have put together a composite picture of what the earth's crust is like.
Composite (n.) [ C ] (Specialized) (Engineering) 複合材料，混合材料 A material made up of more than one substance that is used for building things.
// The bodies of these racing cars are moulded from the same composite that is used for making aircraft.
Composition (n.) [C] 作品，作文，樂曲；[U] 寫作，作曲；[U] 構成，組,，成分，結構 The act or art of composing, or forming a whole or integral, by placing together and uniting different things, parts, or ingredients. In specific uses:
Composition (n.) The invention or combination of the parts of any literary work or discourse, or of a work of art; as, the composition of a poem or a piece of music.
Composition (n.) (Fine Arts) The art or practice of so combining the different parts of a work of art as to produce a harmonious whole; also, a work of art considered as such. See 4, below.
Composition (n.) The act of writing for practice in a language, as English, Latin, German, etc.
Composition (n.) (Print.) The setting up of type and arranging it for printing.
Composition (n.) The state of being put together or composed; conjunction; combination; adjustment.
View them in composition with other things. -- I. Watts.
The elementary composition of bodies. -- Whewell.
Composition (n.) A mass or body formed by combining two or more substances; as, a chemical composition.
A composition that looks . . . like marble. -- Addison.
Composition (n.) A literary, musical, or artistic production, especially one showing study and care in arrangement; -- often used of an elementary essay or translation done as an educational exercise.
Composition (n.) Consistency; accord; congruity. [Obs.]
There is no composition in these news That gives them credit. -- Shak.
Composition (n.) Mutual agreement to terms or conditions for the settlement of a difference or controversy; also, the terms or conditions of settlement; agreement.
Thus we are agreed: I crave our composition may be written. -- Shak.
Composition (n.) (Law) The adjustment of a debt, or avoidance of an obligation, by some form of compensation agreed on between the parties; also, the sum or amount of compensation agreed upon in the adjustment.
Compositions for not taking the order of knighthood. -- Hallam.
Cleared by composition with their creditors. -- Blackstone.
Composition (n.) Synthesis as opposed to analysis.
The investigation of difficult things by the method of analysis ought ever to precede the method of composition. -- Sir I. Newton.
Composition cloth, A kind of cloth covered with a preparation making it waterproof.
Composition deed, An agreement for composition between a debtor and several creditors.
Composition plane (Crystallog.), The plane by which the two individuals of a twin crystal are united in their reserved positions.
Composition of forces (Mech.), The finding of a single force (called the resultant) which shall be equal in effect to two or more given forces (called the components) when acting in given directions. -- Herbert.
Composition metal, An alloy resembling brass, which is sometimes used instead of copper for sheathing vessels; -- also called Muntz metal and yellow metal.
Composition of proportion (Math.), An arrangement of four proportionals so that the sum of the first and second is to the second as the sum of the third and fourth to the fourth.
Composition (n.) The spatial property resulting from the arrangement of parts in relation to each other and to the whole; "harmonious composition is essential in a serious work of art" [syn: composition, composing].
Composition (n.) The way in which someone or something is composed [syn: constitution, composition, physical composition, makeup, make-up].
Composition (n.) A mixture of ingredients.
Composition (n.) A musical work that has been created; "the composition is written in four movements" [syn: musical composition, opus, composition, piece, piece of music].
Composition (n.) Musical creation [syn: composing, composition].
Composition (n.) The act of creating written works; "writing was a form of therapy for him"; "it was a matter of disputed authorship" [syn: writing, authorship, composition, penning].
Composition (n.) Art and technique of printing with movable type [syn: typography, composition].
Composition (n.) An essay (especially one written as an assignment); "he got an A on his composition" [syn: composition, paper, report, theme].
Composition (n.) Something that is created by arranging several things to form a unified whole; "he envied the composition of their faculty."
Composition, () Function composition.
Composition, () Typesetting.
Composition, () contracts. An agreement, made upon a sufficient consideration, between a debtor and creditor, by which the creditor accepts part of the debt due to him in satisfaction of the whole. Montagu on Compos. 1; 3 Co. 118; Co. Litt. 212, b; 4 Mod. 88; 1 Str. 426; 2 T. R. 24, 26; 2 Chit. R. 541, 564; 5 D. & R. 56 3 B. & C. 242; 1 R. & M. 188; 1 B. & A. 103, 440; 3 Moore's R. 11; 6 T. R. 263; 1 D. & R. 493; 2 Campb. R. 283; 2 M. & S. 120; 1 N. R. 124; Harr. Dig. Deed VIII.
Composition, () In England, compositions were formerly allowed for crimes and misdemeanors, even for murder. But these compositions are no longer allowed, and even a qui tam action cannot be lawfully compounded. Bac. Ab. Actions qui tam, See 2 John. 405; 9 John. 251; 10 John. 118; 11 John. 474; 6 N. H.-Rep. 200.
Compositive (a.) 合成的，綜合的 Having the quality of entering into composition; compounded. [R.]
Compositor (n.) 排字工人；排字機 One who composes or sets in order.
Compositor (n.) (Print.) One who sets type and arranges it for use.
Compositor (n.) One who sets written material into type [syn: compositor, typesetter, setter, typographer].
Compositous (a.) (Botany) Belonging to the Compositae (Asteraceae); composite. [R.] -- Darwin.
Compossible (a.) Able to exist with another thing; consistent. [R.] -- Chillingworth.
Compost (n.) 混合物；堆肥 A mixture; a compound. [R.]
A sad compost of more bitter than sweet. -- Hammond.
Compost (n.) (Agric.) A mixture for fertilizing land; esp., a composition of various substances (as muck, mold, lime, and stable manure) thoroughly mingled and decomposed, as in a compost heap.
And do not spread the compost on the weeds To make them ranker. -- Shak.
Compost (v. t.) 施堆肥 To manure with compost.
Compost (v. t.) To mingle, as different fertilizing substances, in a mass where they will decompose and form into a compost.
Compost (n.) A mixture of decaying vegetation and manure; used as a fertilizer.
Compost (v.) Convert to compost; "compost organic debris".
Composture (n.) Manure; compost. [Obs.] -- Shak.
Composure (n.) The act of composing, or that which is composed; a composition.
Composure (n.) Orderly adjustment; disposition.
Composure (n.) Frame; make; temperament.
Composure (n.) A settled state; calmness; sedateness; tranquillity; repose.
Composure (n.) A combination; a union; a bond.
Compotation (n.) The act of drinking or tippling together. [R.]
The fashion of compotation. -- Sir W. Scott.
Compotator (n.) [L.] One who drinks with another. [R.] -- Pope.
Compote (n.) A preparation of fruit in sirup in such a manner as to preserve its form, either whole, halved, or quartered; as, a compote of pears. -- Littr['e].
Compote (n.) A bowl-shaped dish having a stem, and a base smaller than the bowl, used to serve compotes or other items, such as candies, nuts, or fruit; a compote dish. Compotes may be made of different materials, such as glass, porcelain, or silver.
Syn: compote dish, compotier.
Compote (n.) Dessert of stewed or baked fruit [syn: compote, fruit compote].
Compound (n.) In the East Indies, an inclosure containing a house, outbuildings, etc.
Compounded (imp. & p. p.) of Compound.
Compounding (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Compound.
Compound (v. t.) 增加，加重，[H] 使惡化；使混合；使化合；[（+into）] 使合成 To form or make by combining different elements, ingredients, or parts; as, to compound a medicine.
Incapacitating him from successfully compounding a tale of this sort. -- Sir W. Scott.
Compound (v. t.) To put together, as elements, ingredients, or parts, in order to form a whole; to combine, mix, or unite.
We have the power of altering and compounding those images into all the varieties of picture. -- Addison.
Compound (v. t.) To modify or change by combination with some other thing or part; to mingle with something else.
Only compound me with forgotten dust. -- Shak.
Compound (v. t.) To compose; to constitute. [Obs.]
His pomp and all what state compounds. -- Shak.
Compound (v. t.) To settle amicably; to adjust by agreement; to compromise; to discharge from obligation upon terms different from those which were stipulated; as, to compound a debt.
I pray, my lords, let me compound this strife. -- Shak.
To compound a felony, To accept of a consideration for forbearing to prosecute, such compounding being an indictable offense. See Theftbote.
Compound (v. i.) 妥協，和解 To effect a composition; to come to terms of agreement; to agree; to settle by a compromise; -- usually followed by with before the person participating, and for before the thing compounded or the consideration.
Here's a fellow will help you to-morrow; . . . compound with him by the year. -- Shak.
They were at last glad to compound for his bare commitment to the Tower. -- Clarendon.
Cornwall compounded to furnish ten oxen after Michaelmas for thirty pounds. -- R. Carew.
Compound for sins they are inclined to By damning those they have no mind to. -- Hudibras.
Compound (a.) 合成的，複合的，混合的 Composed of two or more elements, ingredients, parts; produced by the union of several ingredients, parts, or things; composite; as, a compound word.
Compound substances are made up of two or more simple substances. -- I. Watts.
Compound addition, Subtraction, multiplication, division (Arith.), The addition, subtraction, etc., of compound numbers.
Compound crystal (Crystallog.), A twin crystal, or one seeming to be made up of two or more crystals combined according to regular laws of composition.
Compound engine (Mech.), A form of steam engine in which the steam that has been used in a high-pressure cylinder is made to do further service in a larger low-pressure cylinder, sometimes in several larger cylinders, successively.
Compound ether. (Chem.) See under Ether.
Compound flower (Bot.), A flower head resembling a single flower, but really composed of several florets inclosed in a common calyxlike involucre, as the sunflower or dandelion.
Compound fraction. (Math.) See Fraction.
Compound fracture. See Fracture.
Compound householder, A householder who compounds or arranges with his landlord that his rates shall be included in his rents. [Eng.]
Compound interest. See Interest.
Compound larceny. (Law) See Larceny.
Compound leaf (Bot.), A leaf having two or more separate blades or leaflets on a common leafstalk.
Compound microscope. See Microscope.
Compound motion. See Motion.
Compound number (Math.), One constructed according to a varying scale of denomination; as, 3 cwt., 1 qr., 5 lb.; -- called also denominate number.
Compound pier (Arch.), A clustered column.
Compound quantity (Alg.), A quantity composed of two or more simple quantities or terms, connected by the sign + (plus) or - (minus). Thus, a + b - c, and bb - b, are compound quantities.
Compound radical. (Chem.) See Radical.
Compound ratio (Math.), The product of two or more ratios; thus ab:cd is a ratio compounded of the simple ratios a:c and b:d.
Compound rest (Mech.), The tool carriage of an engine lathe.
Compound screw (Mech.), A screw having on the same axis two or more screws with different pitch (a differential screw), or running in different directions (a right and left screw).
Compound time (Mus.), That in which two or more simple measures are combined in one; as, 6-8 time is the joining of two measures of 3-8 time.
Compound word, A word composed of two or more words; specifically, two or more words joined together by a hyphen.
Compound (n.) That which is compounded or formed by the union or mixture of elements ingredients, or parts; a combination of simples; a compound word; the result of composition. -- Shak.
Rare compound of oddity, frolic, and fun. -- Goldsmith.
When the word "bishopric" was first made, it was made as a compound. -- Earle.
Compound (n.) (Chem.) A union of two or more ingredients in definite proportions by weight, so combined as to form a distinct substance; as, water is a compound of oxygen and hydrogen.
Note: Every definite chemical compound always contains the same elements, united in the same proportions by weight, and with the same internal arrangement.
Binary compound (Chem.). See under Binary.
Carbon compounds (Chem.). See under Carbon.
Compound (a.) Composed of more than one part; "compound leaves are composed of several lobes; "compound flower heads" [ant: {simple}, {unsubdivided}].
Compound (a.) Consisting of two or more substances or ingredients or elements or parts; "soap is a compound substance"; "housetop is a compound word"; "a blackberry is a compound fruit".
Compound (a.) Composed of many distinct individuals united to form a whole or colony; "coral is a colonial organism" [syn: {colonial}, {compound}].
Compound (n.) A whole formed by a union of two or more elements or parts.
Compound (n.) (Chemistry) A substance formed by chemical union of two or more elements or ingredients in definite proportion by weight [syn: {compound}, {chemical compound}].
Compound (n.) An enclosure of residences and other building (especially in the Orient).
Compound (v.) Make more intense, stronger, or more marked; "The efforts were intensified", "Her rudeness intensified his dislike for her"; "Pot smokers claim it heightens their awareness"; "This event only deepened my convictions" [syn: {intensify}, {compound}, {heighten}, {deepen}].
Compound (v.) Put or add together; "combine resources" [syn: {compound}, {combine}].
Compound (v.) Calculate principal and interest.
Compound (v.) Create by mixing or combining.
Compound (v.) Combine so as to form a whole; mix; "compound the ingredients" [syn: {compound}, {combine}].
Compoundable (a.) That may be compounded.
Compounder (n.) 部分還款者；起訴中止者，混合者 One who, or that which, compounds or mixes; as, a compounder of medicines.
Compounder (n.) One who attempts to bring persons or parties to terms of agreement, or to accomplish, ends by compromises. "Compounders in politics." -- Burke.
Compounder (n.) One who compounds a debt, obligation, or crime.
Religious houses made compounders For the horrid actions of their founders. -- Hudibras.
Compounder (n.) One at a university who pays extraordinary fees for the degree he is to take. [Eng.] -- A. Wood.
Compounder (n.) (Eng. Hist.) A Jacobite who favored the restoration of James II, on condition of a general amnesty and of guarantees for the security of the civil and ecclesiastical constitution of the realm.
Compounder, () in Louisiana. He who makes a composition. An amicable compounder is one who has undertaken by the agreement of the parties to compound or settle differences. between them. Code of Pract. of Lo. art. 444.
Comprador (n.) A kind of steward or agent. [China] -- S. W. Williams
Comprecation (n.) 同禱；代禱 A praying together. [Obs.] -- Bp. Wilkins.
Comprehended (imp. & p. p.) of Comprehend.
Comprehending (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Comprehend.
Comprehend (v. t.) 理解，了解，領會 [+wh-]；包含，包括 To contain; to embrace; to include; as, the states comprehended in the Austrian Empire.
Who hath . . . comprehended the dust of the earth in a measure. -- Is. xl. 12.
Comprehend (v. t.) To take in or include by construction or implication; to comprise; to imply.
Comprehended all in this one word, Discretion. -- Hobbes.
And if there be any other commandment, it is briefly comprehended in this saying. -- Rom. xiii. 9.
Comprehend (v. t.) To take into the mind; to grasp with the understanding; to apprehend the meaning of; to understand.
At a loss to comprehend the question. -- W. Irwing.
Great things doeth he, which we can not comprehend. -- Job. xxxvii. 5.
Syn: To contain; include; embrace; comprise; inclose; grasp; embody; involve; imply; apprehend; imagine; conceive; understand. See Apprehend.
Comprehend (v.) Get the meaning of something; "Do you comprehend the meaning of this letter?" [syn: {grok}, {get the picture}, {comprehend}, {savvy}, {dig}, {grasp}, {compass}, {apprehend}].
Comprehend (v.) To become aware of through the senses; "I could perceive the ship coming over the horizon" [syn: {perceive}, {comprehend}].
Comprehend (v.) Include in scope; include as part of something broader; have as one's sphere or territory; "This group encompasses a wide range of people from different backgrounds"; "this should cover everyone in the group" [syn: {embrace}, {encompass}, {comprehend}, {cover}].
Comprehensibility (n.) 可瞭解性 The quality or state of being comprehensible; capability of being understood.
Comprehensibility (n.) The quality of comprehensible language or thought [syn: {comprehensibility}, {understandability}] [ant: {incomprehensibility}].