a. Obs. rare. [f. COMPASSION sb. + -FUL.] Full of compassion. (In first quot. app. ‘full of passion, passionate.’)
1604. T. Wright, Passions, V. § 4. 238. Griefe necessarily ensuing compassionfull hatred counterpoyseth the vehement intension of Love. Ibid., 288. It argueth a bountifull minde, or a compassion-full heart.
