Definition of compass

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Compass (v. t.) To purpose; to intend; to imagine; to plot.

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Surround :: Surround (v. t.) To inclose on all sides; to encompass; to environ.
Scribe :: Scribe (v. t.) To score or mark with compasses or a scribing iron.
Isle :: Isle (v. t.) To cause to become an island, or like an island; to surround or encompass; to island..
Compendious :: Compendious (a.) Containing the substance or general principles of a subject or work in a narrow compass; abridged; summarized.
Southeast :: Southeast (n.) The point of the compass equally distant from the south and the east; the southeast part or region.
Circummure :: Circummure (v. t.) To encompass with a wall.
Encompass :: Encompass (v. t.) To circumscribe or go round so as to surround closely; to encircle; to inclose; to environ; as, a ring encompasses the finger; an army encompasses a city; a voyage encompassing the world..
Mercy :: Mercy (n.) Disposition to exercise compassion or favor; pity; compassion; willingness to spare or to help.
Gripe :: Gripe (n.) The compass or sharpness of a ship's stern under the water, having a tendency to make her keep a good wind..
Ambit :: Ambit (n.) Circuit or compass.
Encompassment :: Encompassment (n.) The act of surrounding, or the state of being surrounded; circumvention..
Sweep :: Sweep (n.) The compass of any turning body or of any motion; as, the sweep of a door; the sweep of the eye..
Move :: Move (v. t.) To arouse the feelings or passions of; especially, to excite to tenderness or compassion; to touch pathetically; to excite, as an emotion..
Incompassion :: Incompassion (n.) Want of compassion or pity.
Baritone :: Baritone (n.) A male voice, the compass of which partakes of the common bass and the tenor, but which does not descend as low as the one, nor rise as high as the other..
Relent :: Relent (v. i.) To become less severe or intense; to become less hard, harsh, cruel, or the like; to soften in temper; to become more mild and tender; to feel compassion..
Remorseful :: Remorseful (a.) Compassionate; feeling tenderly.
Compassionate :: Compassionate (a.) Having a temper or disposition to pity; sympathetic; merciful.
Pitiful :: Pitiful (a.) Piteous; lamentable; eliciting 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
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