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compescing

compescing is the present participle and gerund 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 compescing

What is compescing the present participle and gerund of?
Compescing is the present participle and gerund of compesce.

Words near compescing in the dictionary

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

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