Obs. [ad. L. compāges joining together, structure, f. com- together + pag- root of pangĕre, pactum to fasten, fix. App. associated in sense with nouns in -age suffix, like jointage.]
1. = COMPAGES 2.
1550. Veron, Godly Sayings (1846), 47. The joynture and compage of the members.
1607. Topsell, Serpents (1608), 680. Lest … the whole compage and juncture of the body should be utterly dissolved.
1669. W. Simpson, Hydrol. Chym., 27. Fixed bodies of the Metalline compage of Steel.
b. Means of joining, connecting matter.
1657. Tomlinson, Renou’s Disp., 69. A very valid and strong compage to the thing.
2. = COMPAGES 1.
1682. Sir T. Browne, Chr. Mor., II. § 3 (1756), 58. The compage of all physical truths is not so closely jointed, but opposition may find intrusion.
1694. R. Burthogge, Reason, 239. Where the Body is a Compage, or System of Organs, the Soul must be a System of Faculties.
