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Describe :: Describe (v. t.) To represent by drawing; to draw a plan of; to delineate; to trace or mark out; as, to describe a circle by the compasses; a torch waved about the head in such a way as to describe a circle..

Merciful :: Merciful (a.) Unwilling to give pain; compassionate.

Sweep :: Sweep (n.) The compass or range of a stroke; as, a long sweep..

Attainable :: Attainable (a.) Capable of being attained or reached by efforts of the mind or body; capable of being compassed or accomplished by efforts directed to the object.

Incompass :: Incompass (v. t.) See Encompass.

Rose :: Rose (n.) The card of the mariner's compass; also, a circular card with radiating lines, used in other instruments..

Dial :: Dial (n.) A miner's compass.

Compass :: Compass (n.) An inclosing limit; boundary; circumference; as, within the compass of an encircling wall..

Compass :: Compass (n.) A passing round; circuit; circuitous course.

Compass :: Compass (n.) An inclosed space; an area; extent.

Precinct :: Precinct (n.) The limit or exterior line encompassing a place; a boundary; a confine; limit of jurisdiction or authority; -- often in the plural; as, the precincts of a state..

Sea Card :: Sea card () Mariner's card, or compass..

Compassion :: Compassion (v. t.) To pity.

In :: In (prep.) The specific signification of in is situation or place with respect to surrounding, environment, encompassment, etc. It is used with verbs signifying being, resting, or moving within limits, or within circumstances or conditions of any kind conceived of as limiting, confining, or investing, either wholly or in part. In its different applications, it approaches some of the meanings of, and sometimes is interchangeable with, within, into, on, at, of, and among..

Ruth :: Ruth (v.) That which causes pity or compassion; misery; distress; a pitiful sight.

Bow-pencil :: Bow-pencil (n.) Bow-compasses, one leg of which carries a pencil..

Think :: Think (v. t.) To plan or design; to plot; to compass.

Encompassment :: Encompassment (n.) The act of surrounding, or the state of being surrounded; circumvention..

Piteous :: Piteous (a.) Evincing pity, compassion, or sympathy; compassionate; tender..

Calibre :: Calibre (n.) Fig.: Capacity or compass of mind.

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