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compesced

compesced is the simple past and past participle of compesce.

Meaning of compesce

Verb

compesce (third-person singular simple present compesces, present participle compescing, simple past and past participle compesced)

  1. (obsolete, transitive) To keep in check; to restrain or hold down
    • And has coerced and compesced them (all that did not contrive to desert) into soldierly obedience[.]1858, Thomas Carlyle, History of Friedrich II of Prussia

Questions about compesced

What is compesced the simple past and past participle of?
Compesced is the simple past and past participle of compesce.

Words near compesced in the dictionary

  1. compersion
  2. compersionism
  3. compersionist
  4. compersive
  5. compesce
  6. compesced
  7. compesces
  8. compescing
  9. compete
  10. competed
  11. competence

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