compassed

English

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈkʌmpəst/
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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[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act I, scene ii]:
  She came […] into the compassed window.

References

“compassed”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.

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