Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun Same as
compages .
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- noun obsolete
Compages ; consistency,solid structure; the compaction of parts into a whole. - noun obsolete A
compages ; a unified complex whole formed from the compaction of parts.
Etymologies
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Examples
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Common tombs preserve not beyond powder: a firmer consistence and compage of parts might be expected from arefaction, deep burial, or charcoal.
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Quid est enim carens animae motu atque compage quod animatae rationabilique naturae pulchrum esse iure uideatur?
The Theological Tractates and The Consolation of Philosophy Anicius Manlius Severinus Boethius 1908
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The compage of all physical truths is not so closely jointed, but opposition may find intrusion; nor always so closely maintained, as not to suffer attrition.
Christian Morals 1605-1682 1863
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Common tombs preserve not beyond powder: a firmer consistence and compage of parts might be expected from arefaction, deep burial, or charcoal.
Religio Medici, Hydriotaphia, and the Letter to a Friend 1643
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Facebook. compage, until the social networking site balked.
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Stertis adhuc? laxumque caput compage foluta Ofcitat hefternum diflutis undique malis}
A. Persii Flacci et Dec. Jun. Juvenalis satirae: Ad optimas editiones ... Persius, Juvenal , Sulpicia, C . Lucilius, Gaius Lucilius, Johann August Ernesti, Societas Bipontina, Johann Albert Fabricius 1785
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