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French
Etymology
Inherited from Old French compassement. By surface analysis, compasser (“to compass”) + -ment.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /kɔ̃.pas.mɑ̃/ ~ /kɔ̃.pɑs.mɑ̃/
Noun
compassement m (plural compassements)
- exact measurement or regulation
Further reading
Middle English
Etymology
From Old French compassement; equivalent to compas + -ment.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /kumpas(ə)ˈmɛnt/, /kumˈpas(ə)mɛnt/, /ˈkumpas(ə)mɛnt/
Noun
compassement (plural compassamentz)
- Guile, craft, or plotting; the practice of sleight-of hand.
- A scheme or plan formulated in secrecy and with malicious intent.
- (rare) The utilisation or application of knowledge.
1357, John Mandeville, The Travels of Sir John Mandeville, modernized spelling edition:And men may well prove by experience and subtle compassment of wit, that if a man found passages by ships that would go to search the world, men might go by ship all about the world and above and beneath.- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
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