Definition of compass

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Compass (v. t.) To go about or entirely round; to make the circuit of.

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Arrive :: Arrive (v. i.) To reach a point by progressive motion; to gain or compass an object by effort, practice, study, inquiry, reasoning, or experiment..
Pantochronometer :: Pantochronometer (n.) An instrument combining a compass, sundial, and universal time dial..
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..
Pity :: Pity (n.) A feeling for the sufferings or distresses of another or others; sympathy with the grief or misery of another; compassion; fellow-feeling; commiseration.
Clip :: Clip (v. t.) To embrace, hence; to encompass..
Pure :: Pure (superl.) Separate from all heterogeneous or extraneous matter; free from mixture or combination; clean; mere; simple; unmixed; as, pure water; pure clay; pure air; pure compassion..
Compass :: Compass (n.) An inclosed space; an area; extent.
Outcompass :: Outcompass (v. t.) To exceed the compass or limits of.
Room :: Room (n.) Unobstructed spase; space which may be occupied by or devoted to any object; compass; extent of place, great or small; as, there is not room for a house; the table takes up too much room..
Basset Horn :: Basset horn (a.) An instrument blown with a reed, and resembling a clarinet, but of much greater compass, embracing nearly four octaves..
Rose :: Rose (n.) The card of the mariner's compass; also, a circular card with radiating lines, used in other instruments..
Remorseful :: Remorseful (a.) Compassionate; feeling tenderly.
Wind :: Wind (n.) A direction from which the wind may blow; a point of the compass; especially, one of the cardinal points, which are often called the four winds..
Fly :: Fly (v. i.) That part of a compass on which the points are marked; the compass card.
Concentration :: Concentration (n.) The act or process of removing the dress of ore and of reducing the valuable part to smaller compass, as by currents of air or water..
Bandlet :: Bandlet (n.) A small band or fillet; any little band or flat molding, compassing a column, like a ring..
Compassionate :: Compassionate (a.) Having a temper or disposition to pity; sympathetic; merciful.
Tiara :: Tiara (n.) The pope's triple crown. It was at first a round, high cap, but was afterward encompassed with a crown, subsequently with a second, and finally with a third. Fig.: The papal dignity..
Compassing :: Compassing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Compas.
Bow-pencil :: Bow-pencil (n.) Bow-compasses, one leg of which carries a pencil..
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