Definition of "compend" [com•pend]

• A compendium. (noun)

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• "The acting of the heart in supplication, is a kind of compend and result of all these, as one perfume made up of many simples."
• "When she heard their words and understood them she said, As for the chapter of good breeding, it is wide of comprehension, being a compend of things perfect."
• "Badr Basim King over them after his sire; and they sware the oath gladly, for the sovran was liberal to the lieges, pleasant in parley and a very compend of goodness, saying naught but that wherein was advantage for the people."