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Belt :: Belt (v. t.) To encircle with, or as with, a belt; to encompass; to surround..

Divider :: Divider (n.) An instrument for dividing lines, describing circles, etc., compasses. See Compasses..

Piteous :: Piteous (a.) Evincing pity, compassion, or sympathy; compassionate; tender..

Compassionate :: Compassionate (a.) Having a temper or disposition to pity; sympathetic; merciful.

Tiara :: Tiara (n.) The pope's triple crown. It was at first a round, high cap, but was afterward encompassed with a crown, subsequently with a second, and finally with a third. Fig.: The papal dignity..

Vest :: Vest (n.) To clothe with, or as with, a vestment, or garment; to dress; to robe; to cover, surround, or encompass closely..

Compassionate :: Compassionate (v. t.) To have compassion for; to pity; to commiserate; to sympathize with.

Forgiving :: Forgiving (a.) Disposed to forgive; inclined to overlook offenses; mild; merciful; compassionate; placable; as, a forgiving temper..

Circumambiency :: Circumambiency (n.) The act of surrounding or encompassing.

Incompassion :: Incompassion (n.) Want of compassion or pity.

Gird :: Gird (v. t.) To surround; to encircle, or encompass..

Pitiful :: Pitiful (a.) Piteous; lamentable; eliciting compassion.

Think :: Think (v. t.) To plan or design; to plot; to compass.

Encompass :: Encompass (v. t.) To circumscribe or go round so as to surround closely; to encircle; to inclose; to environ; as, a ring encompasses the finger; an army encompasses a city; a voyage encompassing the world..

Correction :: Correction (n.) An allowance made for inaccuracy in an instrument; as, chronometer correction; compass correction..

Compasses :: Compasses (n.) An instrument for describing circles, measuring figures, etc., consisting of two, or (rarely) more, pointed branches, or legs, usually joined at the top by a rivet on which they move..

Contract :: Contract (v. i.) To be drawn together so as to be diminished in size or extent; to shrink; to be reduced in compass or in duration; as, iron contracts in cooling; a rope contracts when wet..

Bow-compass :: Bow-compass (n.) An arcograph.

Compass :: 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.

Room :: Room (n.) Unobstructed spase; space which may be occupied by or devoted to any object; compass; extent of place, great or small; as, there is not room for a house; the table takes up too much room..

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