Definition of compass

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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..

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Constipate :: Constipate (v. t.) To crowd or cram into a narrow compass; to press together or condense.
Sweep :: Sweep (n.) The compass of any turning body or of any motion; as, the sweep of a door; the sweep of the eye..
Inclose :: Inclose (v. t.) To surround; to shut in; to confine on all sides; to include; to shut up; to encompass; as, to inclose a fort or an army with troops; to inclose a town with walls..
Card :: Card (n.) A paper on which the points of the compass are marked; the dial or face of the mariner's compass.
Draught :: Draught (a.) Used in making drawings; as, draught compasses..
Compassless :: Compassless (a.) Having no compass.
Wheel :: Wheel (n.) A turn revolution; rotation; compass.
Compass :: Compass (v. t.) To go about or entirely round; to make the circuit of.
Compassionate :: Compassionate (a.) Complaining; inviting pity; pitiable.
Circle :: Circle (n.) To encompass, as by a circle; to surround; to inclose; to encircle..
Compassion :: Compassion (v. t.) To pity.
Compass :: Compass (n.) Moderate bounds, limits of truth; moderation; due limits; -- used with within..
Circumambient :: Circumambient (a.) Surrounding; inclosing or being on all sides; encompassing.
Pemmican :: Pemmican (n.) Meat, without the fat, cut in thin slices, dried in the sun, pounded, then mixed with melted fat and sometimes dried fruit, and compressed into cakes or in bags. It contains much nutriment in small compass, and is of great use in long voyages of exploration..
Commiseration :: Commiseration (n.) The act of commiserating; sorrow for the wants, afflictions, or distresses of another; pity; compassion..
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.
Isle :: Isle (v. t.) To cause to become an island, or like an island; to surround or encompass; to island..
Rosinweed :: Rosinweed (n.) The compass plant. See under Compass.
Trammel :: Trammel (n.) A beam compass. See under Beam.
Contract :: Contract (v. i.) To be drawn together so as to be diminished in size or extent; to shrink; to be reduced in compass or in duration; as, iron contracts in cooling; a rope contracts when wet..
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