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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
Compromise \Com"pro*mise\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Compromised}; p.
pr. & vb. n. {Compromising}.] [From {Compromise}, n.; cf.
{Compromit}.]
1. To bind by mutual agreement; to agree. [Obs.]
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Laban and himself were compromised
That all the eanlings which were streaked and pied
Should fall as Jacob's hire. --Shak.
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2. To adjust and settle by mutual concessions; to compound.
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The controversy may easily be compromised. --Fuller.
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3. To pledge by some act or declaration; to endanger the
life, reputation, etc., of, by some act which can not be
recalled; to expose to suspicion.
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To pardon all who had been compromised in the late
disturbances. --Motley.
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