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A passing round; circuit; circuitous course. |
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An inclosing limit; boundary; circumference; as, within
the compass of an encircling wall. |
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An inclosed space; an area; extent. |
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Extent; reach; sweep; capacity; sphere; as, the compass of
his eye; the compass of imagination. |
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Moderate bounds, limits of truth; moderation; due limits;
-- used with within. |
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The range of notes, or tones, within the capacity of a
voice or instrument. |
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An instrument for determining directions upon the earth's
surface by means of a magnetized bar or needle turning freely upon a
pivot and pointing in a northerly and southerly direction. |
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A pair of compasses. |
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A circle; a continent. |
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To go about or entirely round; to make the circuit of. |
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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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To reach round; to circumvent; to get within one's
power; to obtain; to accomplish. |
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To curve; to bend into a circular form. |
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To purpose; to intend; to imagine; to plot. |
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