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English
Pronunciation
Verb
compassed
- simple past and past participle of compass
Adjective
compassed (comparative more compassed, superlative most compassed)
- (obsolete) rounded; arched
c. 1602, William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of Troylus and Cressida”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies (First Folio), London: Isaac Iaggard, and Ed Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act I, scene ii]:She came […] into the compassed window.
Derived terms
References
“compassed”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.