[1] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

compass \com"pass\ ku^m"pas, v. t. imp.  p. p. compassed
   ku^m"past; p. pr.  vb. n. compassing. f. compasser,
   ll. compassare.
   1. to go about or entirely round; to make the circuit of.
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            ye shall compass the city seven times. --josh. vi.
                                                  4.
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            we the globe can compass soon.        --shak.
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   2. 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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            with terrors and with clamors compassed round.
                                                  --milton.
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            now all the blessings
            of a glad father compass thee about.  --shak.
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            thine enemies shall cast a trench about thee, and
            compass thee round.                   --luke xix.
                                                  43.
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   3. to reach round; to circumvent; to get within one's power;
      to obtain; to accomplish.
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            if i can check my erring love, i will:
            if not, to compass her i'll use my skill. --shak.
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            how can you hope to compass your designs? --denham.
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   4. to curve; to bend into a circular form. obs. except in
      carpentry and shipbuilding. --shak.
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   5. law to purpose; to intend; to imagine; to plot.
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            compassing and imagining the death of the king are
            synonymous terms; compassing signifying the purpose
            or design of the mind or will, and not, as in common
            speech, the carrying such design to effect.
                                                  --blackstone.
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see also:
compassed compassing 

[2] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

compassing \com"passing\, a. shipbuilding
   curved; bent; as, compassing timbers.
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