v. Obs. [a. OF. compeste-r = OF. composte-r = med.L. compostāre to dung land, f. OF. compost: see COMPOST (which had also the variant compest). The -er is app. the Fr. infinitive ending.] To dung, manure.
1628. Coke, On Litt., 122 a. For kine and sheep to compester the land.
1696. Ventris, Rep. I. (1701), 18. Or those [beasts] which he takes to compester his land.
