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compassed out

compassed out is the simple past and past participle of compass out.

Meaning of compass out

Verb

compass out (third-person singular simple present compasses out, present participle compassing out, simple past and past participle compassed out)

  1. To circumscribe; to delimit.
    • "And is there any end to wisdom that we may hope to reach it? Rather, the more we learn, shall we not thereby be able only to better compass out our ignorance? Did we live ten thousand years could we hope to solve the secrets of the suns, and of the space beyond the suns, and of the Hand that hung...1886 October – 1887 January, H[enry] Rider Haggard, She: A History of Adventure, London: Longmans, Green, and Co., published 1887, →OCLC

Questions about compassed out

What is compassed out the simple past and past participle of?
Compassed out is the simple past and past participle of compass out.

Words near compassed out in the dictionary

  1. compass window
  2. compass windows
  3. compassable
  4. compasse
  5. compassed
  6. compassed out
  7. compassedst
  8. compasser
  9. compassers
  10. compasses
  11. compasses out

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