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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Bowel :: Bowel (n.) The seat of pity or kindness. Hence: Tenderness; compassion.
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..
Trombone :: Trombone (n.) A powerful brass instrument of the trumpet kind, thought by some to be the ancient sackbut, consisting of a tube in three parts, bent twice upon itself and ending in a bell. The middle part, bent double, slips into the outer parts, as in a telescope, so that by change of the vibrating length any tone within the compass of the instrument (which may be bass or tenor or alto or even, in rare instances, soprano) is commanded. It is the only member of the family of wind instruments whos
Clip :: Clip (v. t.) To embrace, hence; to encompass..
Purprise :: Purprise (n.) A close or inclosure; the compass of a manor.
Mad :: Mad (superl.) Having impaired polarity; -- applied to a compass needle.
Remorse :: Remorse (n.) Sympathetic sorrow; pity; compassion.
Compassed :: Compassed (imp. & p. p.) of Compas.
Viola :: Viola (n.) An instrument in form and use resembling the violin, but larger, and a fifth lower in compass..
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..
Sweep :: Sweep (n.) Direction and extent of any motion not rectlinear; as, the sweep of a compass..
Paragraph :: Paragraph (v. t.) To express in the compass of a paragraph; as, to paragraph an article..
Sum :: Sum (v. t.) To bring or collect into a small compass; to comprise in a few words; to condense; -- usually with up.
Corridor :: Corridor (n.) The covered way lying round the whole compass of the fortifications of a place.
Encompassed :: Encompassed (imp. & p. p.) of Encompas.
Engird :: Engird (v. t.) To gird; to encompass.
Vest :: Vest (n.) To clothe with, or as with, a vestment, or garment; to dress; to robe; to cover, surround, or encompass closely..
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..
Trammel :: Trammel (n.) A beam compass. See under Beam.
Inclosure :: Inclosure (n.) The act of inclosing; the state of being inclosed, shut up, or encompassed; the separation of land from common ground by a fence..
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