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Around :: Around (prep.) On all sides of; encircling; encompassing; so as to make the circuit of; about.

Telltale :: Telltale (n.) A compass in the cabin of a vessel, usually placed where the captain can see it at all hours, and thus inform himself of the vessel's course..

Sympathy :: Sympathy (n.) Kindness of feeling toward one who suffers; pity; commiseration; compassion.

Pitiable :: Pitiable (a.) Deserving pity; wworthy of, or exciting, compassion; miserable; lamentable; piteous; as, pitiable persons; a pitiable condition; pitiable wretchedness..

Condense :: Condense (v. t.) To make more close, compact, or dense; to compress or concentrate into a smaller compass; to consolidate; to abridge; to epitomize..

Circumference :: Circumference (n.) The line that goes round or encompasses a circular figure; a periphery.

Pitiful :: Pitiful (a.) Full of pity; tender-hearted; compassionate; kind; merciful; sympathetic.

Extent :: Extent (n.) Space or degree to which a thing is extended; hence, superficies; compass; bulk; size; length; as, an extent of country or of line; extent of information or of charity..

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

Environ :: Environ (v. t.) To surround; to encompass; to encircle; to hem in; to be round about; to involve or envelop.

Point :: Point (n.) One of the points of the compass (see Points of the compass, below); also, the difference between two points of the compass; as, to fall off a point..

Pantochronometer :: Pantochronometer (n.) An instrument combining a compass, sundial, and universal time dial..

Begirt :: Begirt (v. t.) To encompass; to begird.

Compassionateness :: Compassionateness (n.) The quality or state of being compassionate.

Clement :: Clement (a.) Mild in temper and disposition; merciful; compassionate.

Verge :: Verge (n.) The compass of the court of Marshalsea and the Palace court, within which the lord steward and the marshal of the king's household had special jurisdiction; -- so called from the verge, or staff, which the marshal bore..

On :: On (prep.) Toward; for; -- indicating the object of some passion; as, have pity or compassion on him..

Scribe :: Scribe (v. t.) To score or mark with compasses or a scribing iron.

Compassed :: Compassed (a.) Rounded; arched.

Sum :: Sum (v. t.) To bring or collect into a small compass; to comprise in a few words; to condense; -- usually with up.

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