compassed

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈkʌmpəst/

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Verb

compassed

1. simple past and past participle of compass

Adjective

compassed (comparative more compassed, superlative most compassed)

1. (obsolete) rounded; arched
   • c. 1602 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of Troylus and Cressida”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act I, scene ii]:

     She came […] into the compassed window.

Derived terms

• uncompassed

References

“compassed”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.