Definition of compass

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Compass (n.) 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.

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Gird :: Gird (v. t.) To surround; to encircle, or encompass..
Pilot :: Pilot (n.) An instrument for detecting the compass error.
Remorse :: Remorse (n.) Sympathetic sorrow; pity; compassion.
Embrace :: Embrace (n.) To encircle; to encompass; to inclose.
Compass :: Compass (v. t.) To inclose on all sides; to surround; to encircle; to environ; to invest; to besiege; -- used with about, round, around, and round about..
Amid :: Amid (prep.) In the midst or middle of; surrounded or encompassed by; among.
Imagine :: Imagine (v. t.) To contrive in purpose; to scheme; to devise; to compass; to purpose. See Compass, v. t., 5..
Compassionating :: Compassionating (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Compassionat.
Pity :: Pity (v. t.) To feel pity or compassion for; to have sympathy with; to compassionate; to commiserate; to have tender feelings toward (any one), awakened by a knowledge of suffering..
Pemmican :: Pemmican (n.) Meat, without the fat, cut in thin slices, dried in the sun, pounded, then mixed with melted fat and sometimes dried fruit, and compressed into cakes or in bags. It contains much nutriment in small compass, and is of great use in long voyages of exploration..
Clement :: Clement (a.) Mild in temper and disposition; merciful; compassionate.
Precinct :: Precinct (n.) The limit or exterior line encompassing a place; a boundary; a confine; limit of jurisdiction or authority; -- often in the plural; as, the precincts of a state..
Diaphemetric :: Diaphemetric (a.) Relating to the measurement of the tactile sensibility of parts; as, diaphemetric compasses..
Encompassment :: Encompassment (n.) The act of surrounding, or the state of being surrounded; circumvention..
Incompass :: Incompass (v. t.) See Encompass.
Surround :: Surround (v. t.) To inclose on all sides; to encompass; to environ.
Compassion :: Compassion (v. t.) To pity.
Rose :: Rose (n.) The card of the mariner's compass; also, a circular card with radiating lines, used in other instruments..
Pity :: Pity (n.) A feeling for the sufferings or distresses of another or others; sympathy with the grief or misery of another; compassion; fellow-feeling; commiseration.
Range :: Range (v.) Extent or space taken in by anything excursive; compass or extent of excursion; reach; scope; discursive power; as, the range of one's voice, or authority..
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