'Compromised' definitions:

Definition of 'Compromised'

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  • Compromise \Com"pro*mise\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Compromised; p. pr. & vb. n. Compromising.] [From Compromise, n.; cf. Compromit.]
  • 1. To bind by mutual agreement; to agree. [Obs.] [1913 Webster]
  • Laban and himself were compromised That all the eanlings which were streaked and pied Should fall as Jacob's hire. --Shak. [1913 Webster]
  • 2. To adjust and settle by mutual concessions; to compound. [1913 Webster]
  • The controversy may easily be compromised. --Fuller. [1913 Webster]
  • 3. To pledge by some act or declaration; to endanger the life, reputation, etc., of, by some act which can not be recalled; to expose to suspicion. [1913 Webster]
  • To pardon all who had been compromised in the late disturbances. --Motley. [1913 Webster]

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