comprisal ? Obs.
(kəmˈpraɪzəl)
Also 7 -izall.
[f. comprise v. + -al1.]
The action of comprising; that in which this is embodied; a compendium.
| 1643 Horn & Robotham Gate Lang. Unl. c. §993 Here hast thou briefly and closely trussed up a short comprizall. 1649 J. E. tr. Behmen's Epist. 22 Which I shall impart unto you..in a briefe and short comprisall. 1686 Boyle Enq. Notion Nat. 73 Cosmical Mechanism; that is, a Comprisal of all the mechanical affections..that belong to the matter of the great System of the Universe. |