compinge

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/kəmˈpɪnd͡ʒ/

verb

To compress; to shut up (confine).

OriginLatin compingere →
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Meanings

verbcompinge (third-person singular simple present compinges, present participle compinging, simple past and past participle compinged)

present singular third person compinges · participle present compinging · participle past compinged · past compinged

  1. obsoleteTo compress; to shut up (confine).

    Into what straits hath it been compinged

    1624, Democritus Junior [pseudonym; Robert Burton], The Anatomy of Melancholy: […], 2nd edition, Oxford, Oxfordshire: […] John Lichfield and James Short, for Henry Cripps, →OCLC

Origin

  1. Latincompingere
  2. Englishcompinge

From Latin compingere.

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Rhymes & wordplay

Rhymes with compinge

fringehingesyringeinfringebingegingtingeimpingesingetwingewhingedingelingewingeswingeabstringeaccingeastringeattingebefringebeswingeconstringeperstringerehinge
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APA

compinge. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/compinge

MLA

“compinge.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/compinge. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “compinge,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/compinge.

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