Middle English Dictionary Entry
compescitī̆f adj.
Entry Info
Forms | compescitī̆f adj. |
Etymology | ML |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
Restraining the accumulation of fluids.
Associated quotations
- ?a1425 *Chauliac(1) (NY 12)167b/b : Medicyne refrenatif & compescityue [*Ch.(2): þat..letteþ; L compescitiua] is þat þat makeþ þe materie for to stinte or cesse, wiþ infrigidacioun.