·noun A pair of compasses.
II. Compass ·noun A circle; a continent.
III. Compass ·noun An inclosed space; an area; extent.
IV. Compass ·noun A passing round; circuit; circuitous course.
V. Compass ·vt To go about or entirely round; to make the circuit of.
VI. Compass ·vt To Curve; to bend into a circular form.
VII. Compass ·noun The range of notes, or tones, within the capacity of a voice or instrument.
VIII. Compass ·noun Moderate bounds, limits of truth; moderation; due limits;
— used with within.
IX. Compass ·noun An inclosing limit; boundary; circumference; as, within the compass of an encircling wall.
X. Compass ·noun Extent; reach; sweep; capacity; sphere; as, the compass of his eye; the compass of imagination.
XI. Compass ·vt To Purpose; to Intend; to Imagine; to Plot.
XII. Compass ·vt To reach round; to Circumvent; to get within one's power; to Obtain; to Accomplish.
XIII. Compass ·noun 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.
XIV. Compass ·vt To inclose on all sides; to Surround; to Encircle; to Environ; to Invest; to Besiege;
— used with about, round, around, and round about.