1. To go about or entirely round; to make the circuit of. Ye shall compass the city seven times. Josh. vi. 4. We the globe can compass soon. Shak.
2. To inclose on all sides; to surround; to encircle; to envior; to invest; to besiege; — used with about, round, around, and round about. With terrors and with clamors compassed round. Milton. Now all the blessings Of a glad cast a trench about thee, and compass thee round.uke xix. 43.
3. To reach round; to circumvent; to get within one's power; to obtain; to accomplish. If I can chek my erring love, I will: If not, to compass her I'll use my skill. Shak. How can you to compass your designs Denham.
4. To curve; to bend into a circular form. [Obs. except in carpentry and shipbuilding.] Shak.
5. (Law)
Defn: To purpose; to intend; to imagine; to plot. Compassing and imagining the death of the king are synonymous terms; compassing signifying the purpose or design of the mind or will, and not, as in common speech, the carrying such design to effect. Blackstone.
COMPASSABLE
Com"pass*a*ble, a.
Defn: Capable of being compassed or accomplished. Burke.
COMPASSED
Com"passed, a.
Defn: Rounded; arched. [Obs.]
She came . . . into the compassed window. Shak.