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compesces

compesces is the third-person singular simple present indicative 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 compesces

What is compesces the third-person singular simple present indicative of?
Compesces is the third-person singular simple present indicative of compesce.

Words near compesces in the dictionary

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

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