compassed

Webster's Dictionary (GCIDE)

1.To go about or entirely round; to make the circuit of. [1913 Webster]

Ye shall compass the city seven times.— Josh. vi. 4.[1913 Webster]

We the globe can compass soon.— Shak.[1913 Webster]

2.To inclose on all sides; to surround; to encircle; to environ; to invest; to besiege; -- used with about, round, around, and round about. [1913 Webster]

With terrors and with clamors compassed round.— Milton.[1913 Webster]

Now all the blessings Of a glad father compass thee about.— Shak.[1913 Webster]

Thine enemies shall cast a trench about thee, and compass thee round.— Luke xix. 43.[1913 Webster]

3.To reach round; to circumvent; to get within one's power; to obtain; to accomplish. [1913 Webster]

If I can check my erring love, I will: If not, to compass her I'll use my skill.— Shak.[1913 Webster]

How can you hope to compass your designs?— Denham.[1913 Webster]

4.To curve; to bend into a circular form. [Obs. except in carpentry and shipbuilding.] --Shak. [1913 Webster]

5.(Law) To purpose; to intend; to imagine; to plot. [1913 Webster]

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.[1913 Webster]

She came . . . into the compassed window. --Shak. [1913 Webster]