Compassed is valid Scrabble Word

Definitions for COMPASSED in dictionary:

VERB:
• COMPASS, to surround or enclose
• go round (something) in a circular course
• surround or hem in on all sides
• contrive to accomplish (something)
NOUN:
• an instrument containing a magnetized pointer which shows the direction of magnetic north and bearings from it
• an instrument for drawing circles and arcs and measuring distances between points, consisting of two arms linked by a movable joint, one arm ending in a point and the other usually carrying a pencil or pen
• the range or scope of something
• the enclosing limits of an area
• the range of notes that can be produced by a voice or a musical instrument
ADJECTIVE:
• Rounded; arched.
OTHER DEFINITIONS:
• to go around

Words related to COMPASSED

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How to use COMPASSED in a sentence

• But in this case it was concealment of facts that might properly be concealed, and not the deception of enemies as enemies, that Elisha compassed.
• By faith the walls of Iericho fell down after they were compassed about, seven days.
• She knew the man too well to flatter herself that he would rest before he had compassed such revenge as the baseness of his degenerate soul would deem adequate.
• The pavement of the interior is deeply worn by the knees of the Moslem pilgrims, who compassed it seven times, kneeling, as they now do in the Kaaba, at Mecca.
• Though pangs at thy command Have compassed me about, still, with the blow, Patience sustained my soul amid its woe.
• You may not be considered a perfect lover even if you have compassed that very laudable end.
• How shall I hinder that she do with them as she will? Forsooth I hardly compassed it, that she became thus much my friend.
• I will again come to ye having compassed the destruction of Salwa together with his car of precious metals.
• The first pace of the dwarf compassed the whole earth, the second the whole heavens, and the third the infernal regions.
• Now, my good friend, I will frankly tell you that, although I have compassed this interesting problem, I do not choose to use it in your behalf.
• As a city that lieth open and is not compassed with walls, so is a man that cannot refrain his own spirit in speaking.
• For they compassed him round about, sitting at the table, and abused the young man, contrary to all nature and reason.
• Great Diomede has compassed round with walls The city, which Argyripa he calls, From his own Argos named.
• Thou seest me, O my God, with my face set towards Thee at a time when sorrows have compassed me on every side.
• She felt as if his will compassed and constrained her like bands of iron.
• All this work has been compassed by the landlord, with the partial assistance of the Government, with the exception of one solitary house, which was built by the tenant.
• Her middle was compassed by dogs, which never ceased barking.
• Sore trials have compassed me round and perils have from all sides beset me.
• The darts of affliction have compassed me round and the arrows of distress have rained upon me.
• Sore trials have compassed Me round, and perils have from all sides beset Me.
• How the treacherous end was finally compassed is told by Motley with all the dramatic realism necessary for a faithful description of the scene.
• Our present arrangement would ensure, I believe, a benevolent neutrality, but an alliance, if only it could be compassed, would be the greatest diplomatic triumph of our days.
• All at once you know that death has no fear for you and you feel toward your present life as you do toward these Palaces of the Mundane - the sooner compassed the better.
• To find Solomon alive was to be accused of having compassed his death.
• Another boasted that he had fairly taken his shortest, and that doing so he first compassed his design.
• For her own hellish purposes she desired and compassed the death of the most noble Duke Casimir.
• If we look a little further and a little deeper, we can see how he compassed his other object.
• I had never compassed the overland trip to Humboldt, and while I naturally expected much the realization far exceeded my anticipations.
• At Hardwick is still kept the historic chair in which it is said that William, fourth Earl of Devonshire, sat when he and his friends compassed the downfall of James II.
• His arms compassed her like steel, making her feel helpless as an infant.
• My worst misgivings had never compassed the terrific truth.
• Here he is compassed with infirmity, and groans, being burdened.
• If this were compassed, the influence of the crown must of course produce all the effects which the most sanguine partisans of the court could possibly desire.
• We shall have compassed the Calaveras Big Trees and the Yosemite Valley in twelve days out from Stockton, where we expect to arrive August 2.
• Knowing nothing of luxury, or even the conveniences of life, they were content with a simple manner of living, which they easily compassed by the tillage of their lands.

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