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Compassing
(gcide) | Compassing \Com"pass*ing\, a. (Shipbuilding)
Curved; bent; as, compassing timbers.
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Compassing
(gcide) | Compass \Com"pass\ (k[u^]m"pas), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Compassed
(k[u^]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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all-encompassing
(encz) | all-encompassing,všeobecný adj: Zdeněk Brožall-encompassing,všeobsahující adj: Zdeněk Brož |
encompassing
(encz) | encompassing, adj: |
encompassing
(gcide) | encompassing \encompassing\ adj.
closely enveloping or surrounding on all sides.
Syn: ambient, enveloping, surrounding(prenominal).
[WordNet 1.5]Encompass \En*com"pass\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Encompassed; p.
pr. & vb. n. Encompassing.]
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. --Shak.
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A question may be encompassed with difficulty. --C. J.
Smith.
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The love of all thy sons encompass thee. --Tennyson.
Syn: To encircle; inclose; surround; include; environ;
invest; hem in; shut up.
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Encompassing
(gcide) | encompassing \encompassing\ adj.
closely enveloping or surrounding on all sides.
Syn: ambient, enveloping, surrounding(prenominal).
[WordNet 1.5]Encompass \En*com"pass\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Encompassed; p.
pr. & vb. n. Encompassing.]
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. --Shak.
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A question may be encompassed with difficulty. --C. J.
Smith.
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The love of all thy sons encompass thee. --Tennyson.
Syn: To encircle; inclose; surround; include; environ;
invest; hem in; shut up.
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all-encompassing
(wn) | all-encompassing
adj 1: broad in scope or content; "across-the-board pay
increases"; "an all-embracing definition"; "blanket
sanctions against human-rights violators"; "an invention
with broad applications"; "a panoptic study of Soviet
nationality"- T.G.Winner; "granted him wide powers" [syn:
across-the-board, all-embracing, all-encompassing,
all-inclusive, blanket(a), broad, encompassing,
extensive, panoptic, wide] |
encompassing
(wn) | encompassing
adj 1: broad in scope or content; "across-the-board pay
increases"; "an all-embracing definition"; "blanket
sanctions against human-rights violators"; "an invention
with broad applications"; "a panoptic study of Soviet
nationality"- T.G.Winner; "granted him wide powers" [syn:
across-the-board, all-embracing, all-encompassing,
all-inclusive, blanket(a), broad, encompassing,
extensive, panoptic, wide]
2: closely encircling; "encompassing mountain ranges"; "the
surrounding countryside" [syn: encompassing(a),
surrounding(a), circumferent] |
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