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Incompass :: Incompass (v. t.) See Encompass.

Remorse :: Remorse (n.) Sympathetic sorrow; pity; compassion.

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

Compressible :: Compressible (a.) Capable of being pressed together or forced into a narrower compass, as an elastic or spongy substance..

Outkeeper :: Outkeeper (n.) An attachment to a surveyor's compass for keeping tally in chaining.

Sweep :: Sweep (n.) The compass of any turning body or of any motion; as, the sweep of a door; the sweep of the eye..

Circummure :: Circummure (v. t.) To encompass with a wall.

Diaphemetric :: Diaphemetric (a.) Relating to the measurement of the tactile sensibility of parts; as, diaphemetric compasses..

Compensator :: Compensator (n.) An iron plate or magnet placed near the compass on iron vessels to neutralize the effect of the ship's attraction on the needle.

Paragraph :: Paragraph (v. t.) To express in the compass of a paragraph; as, to paragraph an article..

Outcompass :: Outcompass (v. t.) To exceed the compass or limits of.

Sympathy :: Sympathy (n.) Kindness of feeling toward one who suffers; pity; commiseration; compassion.

Circumference :: Circumference (n.) The line that goes round or encompasses a circular figure; a periphery.

Narrow :: Narrow (v. t.) To lessen the breadth of; to contract; to draw into a smaller compass; to reduce the width or extent of.

Succinic :: Succinct (a.) Compressed into a narrow compass; brief; concise.

Compass :: Compass (n.) Moderate bounds, limits of truth; moderation; due limits; -- used with within..

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..

Circle :: Circle (n.) Compass; circuit; inclosure.

Scribe :: Scribe (v. t.) To cut (anything) in such a way as to fit closely to a somewhat irregular surface, as a baseboard to a floor which is out of level, a board to the curves of a molding, or the like; -- so called because the workman marks, or scribe, with the compasses the line that he afterwards cuts..

Wheel :: Wheel (n.) A turn revolution; rotation; compass.

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