Definitions of compass
-
To
encircle;
walk
around;
to
accomplish;
attain;
besiege.
-
To
pass
or
go
round:
to
surround
or
inclose:
to
besiege:
to
bring
about
or
obtain:
to
contrive
or
plot.
-
To
surround;
obtain;
plot.
-
travel
around,
either
by
plane
or
ship; "
We
compassed
the
earth"
-
To
stretch
round;
to
encircle;
to
surround;
to
invest;
to
go
or
walk
round;
to
obtain;
to
accomplish;
to
contrive
or
plot.
To
fetch
a
compass,
to
make
a
circuit.
-
navigational
instrument
for
finding
directions
-
drafting
instrument
used
for
drawing
circles
-
the
limit
of
capability; "
within
the
compass
of
education"
-
A
passing
round;
circuit;
circuitous
course.
-
An
inclosing
limit;
boundary;
circumference;
as,
within
the
compass
of
an
encircling
wall.
-
An
inclosed
space;
an
area;
extent.
-
Moderate
bounds,
limits
of
truth;
moderation;
due
limits; --
used
with
within.
-
The
range
of
notes,
or
tones,
within
the
capacity
of
a
voice
or
instrument.
-
An
instrument
for
determining
directions
upon
the
earth's
surface
by
means
of
a
magnetized
bar
or
needle
turning
freely
upon
a
pivot
and
pointing
in
a
northerly
and
southerly
direction.
-
A
pair
of
compasses.
-
A
circle;
a
continent.
-
To
go
about
or
entirely
round;
to
make
the
circuit
of.
-
To
inclose
on
all
sides;
to
surround;
to
encircle;
to
environ;
to
invest;
to
besiege; --
used
with
about,
round,
around,
and
round
about.
-
To
reach
round;
to
circumvent;
to
get
within
one's
power;
to
obtain;
to
accomplish.
-
To
curve;
to
bend
into
a
circular
form.
-
To
purpose;
to
intend;
to
imagine;
to
plot.
-
A
circle;
a
circumference;
extent;
moderate
bounds;
an
instrument
used
on
ships
for
finding
the
directions,
north,
south,
east,
and
west.
-
Circuit;
space;
limit;
magnetic
instrument
to
indicate
the
north.
-
The
range
of
a
voice
or
instrument.
-
An
instrument
for
determining
directions
by
the
pointing
of
a
magnetic
needle
northward,
as
in
the
mariners
compass.
-
Circuit;
space;
limit;
reach;
range;
moderate
bounds
or
due
limits;
an
instrument
contrived
to
indicate
the
magnetic
meridian
and
so
ascertain
direction,
especially
in
determining
and
guiding
the
course
of
a
ship
at
sea.
-
Grasp;
reach;
space;
extent;
the
limit
or
boundary
of
anything-
applied
to
anything
that
can
be
measured
or
limited;
a
circuit;
a
circumference;
the
magnetic
needle
or
mariner's
compass;
a
guide;
a
direction.
-
A
curved
bifid
structure,
part
of
Aristotle's
lantern.
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