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compages|kɒmˈpeɪdʒɪz|
[a. L. compāges in same sense, f. com- together + pag- root of pangĕre to fasten, fix: cf. compact ppl. a.1, and derivatives.]
1. A whole formed by the compaction or juncture of parts, a framework or system of conjoined parts, a complex structure.
a1638Mede Wks. iii. 615 By Mundus continens I mean the Compages and frame of the Physical heaven and earth. 1684T. Burnet Th. Earth I. 209 In the body of man there are several compages, or setts of parts..that systeme that serves for sence and local-motion..is commonly call'd the animal compages. 1740Wesley Wks. (1830) I. 290 The whole compages of body and spirit. 1802Paley Nat. Theol. 48 The compages of bones consists of four. 1819Moir in Blackw. Mag. VI. 308 A knowledge of the structure and compages of the human frame.
b. fig. and transf.
1641R. Brooke Eng. Episc. i. x. 55, I now demand, Who This Man (Compages or Systeme of Men) is, or can be. 1681H. More Exp. Dan. App. ii. 269 There are three conspicuous Joynts..in the compages of the two abovesaid Prophecies. 1724Waterland Athan. Creed xi. 158 The whole compages, or fabrick of the Christian faith. 1869–78Mozley Ess. II. 388 In every system or compages of forces.
2. The compaction or junction of parts into a whole; solid or firm structure, consistency (as a quality).
1660H. More Myst. Godl. vi. ix. 237 That universal coalition of particles out of which arises the Compages and consistence of every earthly Substance. 1676Cole Spiral Fibres in Phil. Trans. XI. 606 The compages of the parts was so loosned, that the two outward coats..were easily separated. 1710T. Fuller Pharm. Extemp. 330 They liquefy the Compages of the Blood. 1759Phil. Trans. LI. 34 It..thoroughly destroys the compages of the stone.
3. Anat. ‘Same as Articulation and as Commissura’ (Syd. Soc. Lex.).
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