Compass

Compass plant
(Bot.) a plant of the American prairies (Silphium laciniatum), not unlike a small sunflower; rosinweed. Its lower and root leaves are vertical, and on the prairies are disposed to present their edges north and south.

Its leaves are turned to the north as true as the magnet:
This is the compass flower.

- Longefellow.

v. t.

To go about or entirely round; to make the circuit of.

[imp. & p. p. Compassed (kŭm"past); p. pr. & vb. n. Compassing.]

Ye shall compass the city seven times.

- Josh. vi. 4.

We the globe can compass soon.

- Shak.

To inclose on all sides; to surround; to encircle; to environ; to invest; to besiege; - used with about, round, around, and round about.

With terrors and with clamors compassed round.

- Milton.

Now all the blessings
Of a glad father compass thee about.

- Shak.

Thine enemies shall cast a trench about thee, and compass thee round.

- Luke xix. 43.

To reach round; to circumvent; to get within one's power; to obtain; to accomplish.

If I can check my erring love, I will:
If not, to compass her I'll use my skill.

- Shak.

How can you hope to compass your designs?

- Denham.

To curve; to bend into a circular form.

(Law) To purpose; to intend; to imagine; to plot.

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.

Noun	1.	compass - navigational instrument for finding directions
	2.	compass - an area in which something acts or operates or has power or control: "the range of a supersonic jet"; "the ambit of municipal legislation"; "within the compass of this article"; "within the scope of an investigation"; "outside the reach of the law"; "in the political orbit of a world power" Synonyms: ambit, range, scope, reach, orbit
	3.	compass - the limit of capability; "within the compass of education" Synonyms: grasp, reach, range
	4.	compass - drafting instrument used for drawing circles
Verb	1.	compass - bring about; accomplish; "This writer attempts more than his talents can compass"
	2.	compass - travel around, either by plane or ship; "We compassed the earth" Synonyms: circumnavigate
	3.	compass - get the meaning of something; "Do you comprehend the meaning of this letter?" Synonyms: apprehend, comprehend, get the picture, savvy, grasp, dig

TO COMPASS. To imagine; to contrive.
2. In England, to compass the death of the king is high treason. Bract. 1. 3, c. 2 Britt. c. 8; Mirror, c. 1, s. 4.

COMPASS - COMPrehensive ASSembler.

The assembly language on CDC computers.

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