Comprehensor
(Com`pre*hen"sor) n. One who comprehends; one who has attained to a full knowledge.
[Obs.]
When I shall have dispatched this weary pilgrimage, and from a traveler shall come to be a comprehensor,
farewell faith and welcome vision.
Bp. Hall.
Compress
(Com*press") v. t. [imp. & p. p. Compressed ; p. pr & vb. n. Compressing.] [L. compressus,
p. p. of comprimere to compress: com- + premere to press. See Press.]
1. To press or squeeze together; to force into a narrower compass; to reduce the volume of by pressure; to
compact; to condense; as, to compress air or water.
Events of centuries . . . compressed within the compass of a single life.
D. Webster.
The same strength of expression, though more compressed, runs through his historical harangues.
Melmoth.
2. To embrace sexually. [Obs.] Pope.
Syn. — To crowd; squeeze; condense; reduce; abridge.
Compress
(Com"press) n. [F. compresse.] (Surg.) A folded piece of cloth, pledget of lint, etc., used
to cover the dressing of wounds, and so placed as, by the aid of a bandage, to make due pressure on
any part.
Compressed
(Com*pressed") a.
1. Pressed together; compacted; reduced in volume by pressure.
2. (Bot.) Flattened lengthwise.
Compressed-air engine, an engine operated by the elastic force of compressed air.
Compressibility
(Com*press`i*bil"i*ty) n. [Cf. F. compressibilité.] The quality of being compressible of
being compressible; as, the compressibility of elastic fluids.
Compressible
(Com*press"i*ble) a. [Cf. F. compressible.] Capable of being pressed together or forced
into a narrower compass, as an elastic or spongy substance.
Compressibleness
(Com*press"ible*ness), n. The quality of being compressible; compressibility.
Compression
(Com*pres"sion) n. [L. compressio: cf. F. compression.] The act of compressing, or
state of being compressed. "Compression of thought." Johnson.
Compressive
(Com*press"ive) a. [Cf. F. compressif.] Compressing, or having power or tendency to
compress; as, a compressive force.
Compressor
(Com*press"or) n. [L.] Anything which serves to compress; as: (a) (Anat.) A muscle that
compresses certain parts. (b) (Surg.) An instrument for compressing an artery (esp., the femoral artery)
or other part. (c) An apparatus for confining or flattening between glass plates an object to be examined
with the microscope; — called also compressorium. (d) (Mach.) A machine for compressing gases; especially,
an air compressor.
Compressure
(Com*pres"sure) n. Compression.
Comprint
(Com*print") v. t. & i.
1. To print together.
