Compass(n.) A passing round; circuit; circuitous course.
Compass(n.) An inclosing limit; boundary; circumference; as, within the compass of an encircling wall.
Compass(n.) An inclosed space; an area; extent.
Compass(n.) Extent; reach; sweep; capacity; sphere; as, the compass of his eye; the compass of imagination.
Compass(n.) Moderate bounds, limits of truth; moderation; due limits; -- used with within.
Compass(n.) The range of notes, or tones, within the capacity of a voice or instrument.
Compass(n.) An instrument for determining directions upon the earth's surface by means of a magnetized bar or needle turning freely upon a pivot and pointing in a northerly and southerly direction.
Compass(n.) A pair of compasses.
Compass(n.) A circle; a continent.
Compass(v. t.) To go about or entirely round; to make the circuit of.
Compass(v. t.) To inclose on all sides; to surround; to encircle; to environ; to invest; to besiege; -- used with about, round, around, and round about.
Compass(v. t.) To reach round; to circumvent; to get within one's power; to obtain; to accomplish.
Compass(v. t.) To curve; to bend into a circular form.
Compass(v. t.) To purpose; to intend; to imagine; to plot.
Compassable(a.) Capable of being compassed or accomplished.
Compassed(a.) Rounded; arched.
Compassed(imp. & p. p.) of Compass
Compasses(n.) An instrument for describing circles, measuring figures, etc., consisting of two, or (rarely) more, pointed branches, or legs, usually joined at the top by a rivet on which they move.
Compassing(a.) Curved; bent; as, compassing timbers.
Compassing(p. pr. & vb. n.) of Compass
Compassion(n.) Literally, suffering with another; a sensation of sorrow excited by the distress or misfortunes of another; pity; commiseration.
Compassion(v. t.) To pity.

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