单词 | compages |
释义 | compagesn. 1. a. A whole formed by the compaction or juncture of parts, a framework or system of conjoined parts, a complex structure. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > wholeness > mutual relation of parts to whole > state of being composite > [noun] > a composite thing or complex whole aggregatea1425 wholec1450 partage1593 compagesa1638 complexa1652 composite1656 complexum1664 complicate1664 complexion1678 wholenessa1681 compagea1682 complication1750 synthesis1865 a1638 J. Mede Wks. (1672) iii. 615 By Mundus continens I mean the Compages and frame of the Physical heaven and earth. 1684 T. Burnet Theory of Earth ii. 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. 1740 J. Wesley Wks. (1830) I. 290 The whole compages of body and spirit. 1802 W. Paley Nat. Theol. iii. 46 The compages of bones consists of four. 1819 Moir in Blackwood's Mag. 6 308 A knowledge of the structure and compages of the human frame. b. figurative and transferred. ΚΠ 1641 R. Greville Disc. Nature Episcopacie i. x. 55 I now demand, Who This Man (Compages or Systeme of Men) is, or can be. 1681 H. More Plain Expos. Daniel App. ii. 269 There are three conspicuous Joynts..in the compages of the two abovesaid Prophecies. 1724 D. Waterland Crit. Hist. Athanasian Creed xi. 158 The whole compages, or fabrick of the Christian faith. 1869–78 J. B. Mozley 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). ΘΚΠ the world > matter > constitution of matter > [noun] > consistency compage1550 concretion1606 consistence1626 compages1660 consistencya1661 constitution1668 consisture1776 the world > relative properties > wholeness > mutual relation of parts to whole > [noun] shapec1050 composition1382 temperc1400 confectionc1420 temperament1471 frame?1520 compage1550 architecture1590 compacture1590 structure?1591 fabricaturec1600 constitution1601 membrature1606 composture1614 compositure1625 contexturea1639 composure1639 economy1644 fabric1644 conformation1646 composier1648 constructurea1652 compages1660 mechanism1662 compound1671 construction1707 componency1750 formation1774 make-up1821 1660 H. More Explan. Grand Myst. Godliness vi. ix. 237 That universal coalition of particles out of which arises the Compages and consistence of every earthly Substance. 1676 Cole Spiral Fibres in Philos. Trans. (Royal Soc.) 11 606 The compages of the parts was so loosned, that the two outward coats..were easily separated. 1710 T. Fuller Pharmacopœia Extemporanea 330 They liquefy the compages of the Blood. 1760 Philos. Trans. 1759 (Royal Soc.) 51 34 It..thoroughly destroys the compages of the stone. 3. Anatomy. ‘Same as Articulation and as Commissura’ ( New Sydenham Soc. Lexicon). ΚΠ 1811 in R. Hooper Quincy's Lexicon-medicum (new ed.) This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1891; most recently modified version published online March 2021). < n.a1638 |
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