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compassing out

compassing out is the present participle and gerund 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 compassing out

What is compassing out the present participle and gerund of?
Compassing out is the present participle and gerund of compass out.

Words near compassing out in the dictionary

  1. compasses
  2. compasses out
  3. compassest
  4. compasseth
  5. compassing
  6. compassing out
  7. compassings
  8. compassion
  9. compassion fatigue
  10. compassion fatigues
  11. compassionable

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