compasse

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See also: compassé

English

Noun

compasse (plural compasses)

  1. Obsolete spelling of compass.

French

Pronunciation

Verb

compasse

  1. inflection of compasser:
    1. first/third-person singular present indicative/subjunctive
    2. second-person singular imperative

Latin

Participle

compasse

  1. vocative masculine singular of compassus

Middle English

Etymology 1

From Old French compas.

Noun

compasse

  1. Alternative form of compas

Etymology 2

From Old French compasser.

Verb

compasse

  1. Alternative form of compassen