compressi-f, -ve, adj., (surg.) compressive.

compression, n.f., compression, squeezing, condensation; (surg.) astriction.

comprimable, adj., compressible.

comprimé, -e, part., (bot.) compressed, flat, condensed; put down, kept under.

comprimer, v.a., to compress, to condense; to quell; to put down, to keep down, to restrain, to check, to curb.

compris, -e, adj., part., understood, included. Y —; inclusive of, including. Non —; not including, exclusive of, without.

compromettant, adj., injurious, dangerous, compromising; incriminating, damaging; disreputable.

compromettre, v.n., to compromise, to implicate; to put to arbitration, to consent to a reference, to refer to the arbitrament of one or more arbitrators.

compromettre, v.a., to expose, to commit, to compromise, to jeopardize, to imperil, to endanger. — son autorité, sa dignité; to imperil one’s authority or character.

se compromettre, v.r., to implicate, to compromise, oneself.