compinge

English

Etymology

Latin compingere.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kəmˈpɪnd͡ʒ/
• Rhymes: -ɪndʒ

Verb

compinge (third-person singular simple present compinges, present participle compinging, simple past and past participle compinged)

1. (obsolete) To compress; to shut up.
   • 1624, Democritus Junior [pseudonym; Robert Burton], The Anatomy of Melancholy: […], 2nd edition, Oxford, Oxfordshire: Printed by John Lichfield and James Short, for Henry Cripps, →OCLC:

     Into what straits hath it been compinged

Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for “compinge”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.)

Latin

Verb

compinge

1. second-person singular present active imperative of compingō