Compound, vb. 1) to compose, to mix: “when I perhaps --ed am with clay,” Sonn. 71, 10. cf. H4B IV, 5, 116 and Hml. IV, 2, 6. “simple were so well --ed,” Phoen. 44. As IV, 1, 16. H8 I, 1, 12. Cymb. III, 5, 73. V, 5, 254.
2) to make, to constitute: “c. a boy,” H5 V, 2, 221. “--ed thee,” Tim. IV, 3, 273. “all what state --s,” IV, 2, 35.
3) to compose, to settle amicably: “c. this quarrel,” Shr. I, 2, 27. “this strife,” II, 343. H6B II, 1, 58. R3 II, 1, 74.
4) intr. to come to terms, to agree: “c. with him by the year,” Meas. IV, 2, 25. “till you c. whose right is worthiest,” John II, 281. “as manhood shall c.” H5 II, 1, 103 (Pistol's speech). “for thy ransom,” IV, 3, 80. “I must c. with mistful eyes, or they will issue too,” IV, 6, 33. “what we have --ed on,” Cor. V, 6, 84. “my father --ed with my mother under the dragon's tail,” Lr. I, 2, 139.
Shakespeare Lexicon. Alexander Schmidt. Berlin. Georg Reimer. 1902.
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