† compurgatrixn.
Obsolete.
= compurgatress n.
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1663 J. Wilson Andronicus Comnenius iii. iii If not, you, madam, can Be my compurgatrix.
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n.1663- to be written all over a person
- to be written all over a thing
- to be written all over one's face
- to be wrong in one's garret
- to be yesterday's news
- to be yourself
- to be yourselves
- to be —— enough to stop a clock
- to be, arrive etc safe
- to be, arrive safe
- to be, fall at a fault
- to be, fall at fault
- to be, get shut of, dialect shut on
- to be, get shut of, shut on
- to be, go or run farrow
- to be, lie at or on the stake
- to be, lie ledger
- to be, or be laid, on the beam-ends
- to be, or be laid, on the beamends
- to be, or stand in, umbrage
- to be, sit, at the stern
- to be, stand in, lead into error
- to be-documentize
- to be-lish-lash
- to be-mary