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Compassing

To surround; to encircle; to environ; to stretch round.

📖 Definitions of "Compassing"

verb
  1. 1

    To surround; to encircle; to environ; to stretch round.

  2. 2

    To go about or round entirely; to traverse.

  3. 3

    To accomplish; to reach; to achieve; to obtain.

  4. 4

    To plot; to scheme (against someone).

noun
  1. 1

    The forming of plots or schemes; machination.

adjective
  1. 1

    Curved; bent

    "compassing timbers"

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