Cŏm'pe-rĕn'di-nāte, v. t.

v. t. [Lat. comperendinare, to cite a defendant to a new time of trial, appointed on the third following day, or later, to defer the day of trial, from comperendinus dies, the third following day, from com, for con, and perendinus, after to-morrow, from perendie, on the day after to-morrow.] To delay. [Obs.] Bailey.