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To hold in check; to restrain.

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  1. v. t. To hold in check; to restrain.
  2. To hold in check; to restrain. [R.] Carlyle.
  3. compesce (third-person singular simple present compesces, present participle compescing, simple past and past participle compesced) (obsolete, transitive) To hold in check; to restrain.