Obs. rare–1. [f. L. compend-ĕre taken in the analytical sense of ‘hang together’ + -AGE: cf. appendage.] A mass of things hanging together.
1773. Hawkesworth, Voy., III. 441. A scarlet flower, that seemed to be a compendage of many fibres.
Obs. rare–1. [f. L. compend-ĕre taken in the analytical sense of ‘hang together’ + -AGE: cf. appendage.] A mass of things hanging together.
1773. Hawkesworth, Voy., III. 441. A scarlet flower, that seemed to be a compendage of many fibres.
