English Explanatory Dictionary

compesce

English dictionary entry

Meanings

verb
  1. To keep in check; to restrain or hold down

Pronunciation

/kəmˈpɛs/

Word forms

compesce compesces compescing compesced

Etymology

Latin compēscō (“to restrain”).

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