- Make brief - Mr Scopes converted contract - Squash down - To press or squeeze together; to force into a narrower
compass; to reduce the volume of by pressure; to compact; to condense;
as, to compress air or water. - To embrace sexually. - A folded piece of cloth, pledget of lint, etc., used to
cover the dressing of wounds, and so placed as, by the aid of a
bandage, to make due pressure on any part.