compt
1 Americanverb (used with or without object)
abbreviation
Example Sentences
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Oh ill-Starr'd wench, Pale as thy Smocke: when we shall meete at compt, This looke of thine will hurle my Soule from Heauen, And Fiends will snatch at it.
From Othello by Shakespeare, William
O thou whose favours have been out of compt, * Whose gifts are more than may be numbered!
From The Book of the Thousand Nights and a Night — Volume 03 by Burton, Richard Francis, Sir
Take the bonds along with you, And have the dates in compt.
From Timon of Athens by Shakespeare, William
Whereas Elegance consists in the compt, well pruned and succinct Turn of a Subject.
From An Essay towards Fixing the True Standards of Wit, Humour, Railery, Satire, and Ridicule (1744) by Clifford, James L.
An eminent critic says to come off is to go scot-free; and this not suiting the context, he bids us read, they must compt off, i.e., clear their reckoning.
From A Select Collection of Old English Plays, Volume 9 by Various
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