† compingev.
Obsolete. rare.
transitive. To compress, confine.
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the world > space > extension in space > reduction in size or extent > reduce in size or extent [verb (transitive)] > compress or constrict
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1621 R. Burton Anat. Melancholy iii. iv. i. i. 717 Into what straights hath it beene compinged, a little flocke.
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