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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..

Incompressible :: Incompressible (a.) Not compressible; incapable of being reduced by force or pressure into a smaller compass or volume; resisting compression; as, many liquids and solids appear to be almost incompressible..

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

Isle :: Isle (v. t.) To cause to become an island, or like an island; to surround or encompass; to island..

Circummure :: Circummure (v. t.) To encompass with a wall.

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

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..

Pale :: Pale (v. t.) To inclose with pales, or as with pales; to encircle; to encompass; to fence off..

Compassing :: Compassing (a.) Curved; bent; as, compassing timbers..

Sweep :: Sweep (n.) The compass of anything flowing or brushing; as, the flood carried away everything within its sweep..

Mercy :: Mercy (n.) Disposition to exercise compassion or favor; pity; compassion; willingness to spare or to help.

Bow-compass :: Bow-compass (n.) A pair of compasses, with a bow or arched plate riveted to one of the legs, and passing through the other..

Cyclopaedia :: Cyclopaedia (n.) The circle or compass of the arts and sciences (originally, of the seven so-called liberal arts and sciences); circle of human knowledge. Hence, a work containing, in alphabetical order, information in all departments of knowledge, or on a particular department or branch; as, a cyclopedia of the physical sciences, or of mechanics. See Encyclopedia..

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

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..

Compassionating :: Compassionating (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Compassionat.

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..

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

Summary :: Summary (a.) Formed into a sum; summed up; reduced into a narrow compass, or into few words; short; brief; concise; compendious; as, a summary statement of facts..

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

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