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_To_ COMPEIR, COMPEAR, _v. n._

1. To appear in the presence of another.

_b.e.l.l.e.n.den._

2. To present one's self in a court, civil or ecclesiastical, in consequence of being summoned, S.

_Priests Peblis._

Fr. _compar-oir_, to appear, Lat. _compar-ere_, id.

~Compearance~, _s._ The act of presenting one's self in a court, S.

_Baillie._

COMPER, _s._ The Common Fis.h.i.+ng Crog, Lophius piscatorius, Linn. Orkn.

_Barry._

_To_ COMPESCE, _v. a._ To restrain.

Lat. _compesco_.

_Baillie._

_To_ COMPETE, _v. n._ To be in a state of compet.i.tion, S.

COMPLENE, The last of the canonical hours.

_Douglas._

L. B. _complendae_, officium ecclesiastic.u.m, quod cetera diurna officia _com-plet_ et claudit.

COMPLIMENT, _s._ A present, a gift, S.

_Sir J. Sinclair._

_To_ ~Compliment~ _with_, _v. a._ To present one with, S.

_To_ COMPONE, _v. a._ To settle.

_R. Bruce._