compesce

== English == === Etymology === Latin compēscō (“to restrain”). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /kəmˈpɛs/ Rhymes: -ɛs === Verb === compesce (third-person singular simple present compesces, present participle compescing, simple past and past participle compesced) (obsolete, transitive) To keep in check; to restrain or hold down === References === “compesce”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC. == Latin == === Verb === compesce second-person singular present active imperative of compescō