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‖ compos mentis, adj. phr.|ˈkɒmpɒs ˈmɛntɪs|
[L. f. com- + potis powerful, master.]
Having control of one's mind, in one's right mind. Also simply compos: more frequent in non compos (see non compos and non compos mentis.)
1616B. Jonson Devil an Ass v. iii, You were Not Compos mentis, when you made your feoffment. 1679Trials of Wakeman, etc. 55, I was scarce Compos mentis. 1809‘D. Knickerbocker’ Hist. N.Y. I. p. viii, He would..say something about ‘deranging his ideas’; which made my wife believe sometimes that he was not altogether compos. 1842J. W. Orderson Creol. xix. 232 He was..compos mentis. 1859Lever D. Dunn 48 ‘Ye see I wasn't compos when I did it.’ 1958B. Hamilton Too Much of Water vii. 158 Honestly, is he quite compos? |