compesce
transitive verb
com·pesce
kəmˈpes
-ed/-ing/-s
archaic Scottish
: to hold in check : restrain
Word History
Etymology
Middle English compessen, from Latin compescere, from com- + -pescere (akin to Latin parcere to spare, abstain)
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