compesce /kəm-pesˈ/ (archaic Scot)

To restrain

• half-shell
• half-shells
• half-shift
• half-shifts
• half-sister
• half-sisters
• half-size
• half-sizes
• half-sole
• half-soles
• half-sovereign
• half-sovereigns
• half-starved
• half step
• half steps
• half-sword
• half-swords
• half-term
• half-terms
• half-text
• half the battle
• incarnadined
• incarnadines
• incarnadining
• incarnate