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non compos
[ non kom-puhs ]
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Word History and Origins
Origin of non compos1
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Example Sentences
"This does not look like want of sensibility, or mens non compos," I said to the mother.
She went on to describe her timid methods; she said she feared he was non compos, for he made no progress.
I should laugh to see every lineament "going ahead," and art "non compos."
The Templar affirmed, that the poor fellow was non compos; and exhorted the justice to discharge him as a lunatic.
The case is the same, betwixt a king non compos mentis, and one who is nondum compos mentis; a distracted or an infant-king.
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