compages noun. [kǝm'peɪdʒi:z] Pl. same. Also (earlier) compage. M16.
[Latin compages, formed as COM- + pag- base of pangere fasten, fix. Earliest form assoc. with nouns in -AGE.]
1. The joining of parts into a whole; solid structure; consistency. Now rare. M16.

2. A whole formed by the joining of parts; a framework, a complex structure, (lit. & fig.). M17.

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