compassingn.
/ˈkʌmpəsɪŋ/ The action of compass v.1† 4. Adulteration (of wine). Obsolete.
1. A devising, planning; a device, design, artifice, contrivance.
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the mind > will > intention > planning > [noun]
compassinga1300
compassmentc1300
ordainingc1350
ordinancec1385
imaginationa1393
conjectmentc1400
before-castinga1425
forecastinga1425
imagininga1449
conjectinga1450
machinationc1550
platforming1560
plotting1593
contrivement1599
agitation1600
contrival1602
contrivage1610
projection1611
projectment1611
contrivance1647
politics1650
digestion1680
planning1730
contriving1751
scheme1790
scheming1813
schemery1822
replanning1853
mapping1856
macroplanning1966
the mind > will > intention > planning > plotting > [noun]
compassinga1300
contrivingc1330
undermining1433
imagininga1449
engininga1450
practising?1545
machinationc1550
packing1587
plotting1593
contrival1602
managing1607
tamperinga1627
practicking1640
texturea1641
contrivance1647
briguing1657
intrigue1668
intriguing1801
policizing1809
scheming1813
intriguery1815
schemery1822
plottery1823
shenanigan1855
game playing1916
shenaniganning1924
wheeler-dealing1968
wheeling and dealing1969
wheeling-dealing1973
the world > action or operation > advantage > usefulness > use (made of things) > instrumentality > [noun] > (a) means > equipment for any action or undertaking > a device or contrivance
compassinga1300
graithc1375
jetc1380
cautelc1440
quaint?a1450
invention1546
trick1548
frame1558
fashion1562
device1570
conveyance1596
address1598
molition1598
fabric1600
machine1648
fancy1665
art1667
fanglementa1670
convenience1671
conveniency1725
contraption1825
affair1835
rig1845
a1300 Cursor Mundi 27286 Wit quentise and wit compasing, vt of his denn þe nedder bring.
c1384 G. Chaucer Hous of Fame iii. 1188 Many subtil compassinges, Babewinnes and pinacles, Ymageries and tabernacles, I saw.
1486 Act 3 Hen. VII c. 14 Such false Compassings, Imaginations, and Confederacies had against any Lord.
a1525 (a1500) Sc. Troy Bk. (Douce) l. 2140 in C. Horstmann Barbour's Legendensammlung (1882) II. 283 Throw Dyomedis compassinge Hire broþir was slayne.
1681 Arraignm.,Tryal & Condemnation S. Colledge 3 Treasons and trayterous Imaginations, Compassings and Purposes.
1769 W. Blackstone Comm. Laws Eng. IV. 78 Compassing or imagining..are synonymous terms; the word compass signifying the purpose or design of the mind or will, and not, as in common speech, the carrying such design to effect.
1848 Act 11 & 12 Victoria (Better Security of Crown) Compassings, imaginations, inventions, devices.
2. † b. Circumlocution. Obsolete.
a. A going round or about, a circuit; surrounding, circling, or curving.
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the world > movement > motion in a certain direction > movement in circle or curve > [noun] > movement in circle
umganga1300
umganginga1340
circlingc1440
compassing1530
circuition1533
circulation1535
round1539
circumgyration1606
rounding1612
circuling1647
circuiting1659
circumagitation1660
circuity1770
ringing1868
milling1874
circumfluence1881
ring-a-ring1922
mill1961
society > travel > [noun] > travelling all round
compassing1665
society > travel > aspects of travel > travel in specific course or direction > [noun] > circular
compassc1384
circuit1483
circumferencea1549
compassing1665
1530 J. Palsgrave Lesclarcissement 207 Compassyng of tyme, reuolution.
1665 T. Manley tr. H. Grotius De Rebus Belgicis 209 Francis Drake..in the compassing of the World.
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society > leisure > the arts > literature > style of language or writing > copiousness > [noun] > periphrasis or circumlocution
circumlocution?1518
ambage1532
periphrasis1533
circuition1542
circuit1552
notation1555
compassing1580
periphrase1589
ambush1601
encompassment1604
circumambulation1606
circling1623
perambulationa1652
roundaboutness1810
roundaboutation1812
ambagiosity1819
circumambulating1837
peripherization1926
1580 C. Hollyband Treasurie French Tong Circuition de parolles, a compassing in with wordes.
1580 Apol. Pr. Orange in Phœnix (1721) I. 453 I had not used..any Circuits or Compassings of words.
3. Attaining, achieving. archaic.
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the world > action or operation > prosperity > success > [noun] > attainment of goal
achievement1477
attainment1549
accomplishment1578
compassing1586
1586 A. Day Eng. Secretorie i. sig. M1 The compassing thereof.
1659 T. Fuller Appeal Iniured Innocence iii. 57 There was no compassing of it without compaceing it; No reaching the End without going out of the way.
1769 [see sense 1]. 1863 A. W. Kinglake Invasion of Crimea I. iii. 42 The compassing of vast distances.
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the world > relative properties > wholeness > mutual relation of parts to whole > condition or state of being mixed or blended > [noun] > admixture or addition as ingredient > adulteration
cauponation1531
sophistication1541
adulterating1581
bastarding1583
bastardizing1598
sophisticating1611
adultery1616
adulteration1626
adulterism1639
bastardization1650
compassing1669
contagion1695
doctoring1805
1669 W. Charleton Mysterie of Vintners in Two Disc. 195 The Transmutation or Sophistication of Wines, which they call Trickings or Compassings.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1891; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
compassingadj.
/ˈkʌmpəsɪŋ/ a. That compasses: see the verb.
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the mind > will > intention > planning > [adjective]
imaginativec1405
compassingc1440
contrivinga1616
projective1640
designing1656
scheming1838
planful1862
organizatory1917
the mind > will > intention > planning > plotting > [adjective]
compassingc1440
practising1556
plotting1592
contrivinga1616
intriguing1682
plotful1732
machinating1751
policizing1825
scheming1838
intriguant1897
wheeling-dealing1973
the world > movement > motion in a certain direction > movement in circle or curve > [adjective] > moving in circle
circularc1450
round1565
circumfluent1583
circling1599
circumferential1610
circumferent1620
circulating1632
compassing1638
circuline1647
circumambient1648
ambient1655
surrounding1657
gyrous1688
rounding1708
whirl-about1786
circumgyratory1835
gyrant1844
circuiting1886
roundwisea1930
c1440 Generydes 4163 By a subtill and false compassing trayn, Clarionas..is betrayed.
1576 A. Fleming tr. J. L. Vives in Panoplie Epist. 400 His fine compassing witte and eloquence.
1638 R. Burton Anat. Melancholy (ed. 5) ii. ii. iii. 245 Every fixed starre a Sunne, with his compassing Planets.
b. Curving, curved.
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the world > space > shape > curvature > [adjective]
crooked?c1225
roundc1300
ybentc1330
bentc1374
cambera1387
curvate?a1425
curve?a1425
curved?a1425
bowingc1440
crumped1480
bowed1483
bended1495
bowlanda1522
compass?1523
curbed?1541
compassed1551
compassing1576
curvated1598
orbed1598
curving1609
ridgill-backed1611
incurved1623
inflected1646
incurvate1647
curvous1661
incurvated1665
swayed1688
bending1697
circumflex1707
curval1730
sweeping1772
bendy1800
curvatureda1810
curvative1846
hooped1852
swept1903
1576 A. Fleming Panoplie Epist. ⁋ iij b The crooked turnings, and the compassing arbours of the same [garden].
1588 R. Parke tr. J. G. de Mendoza Hist. Kingdome of China 194 Sixe tables, placed in order, compassing rounde like a circle.
1607 E. Topsell Hist. Foure-footed Beastes 119 The hornes..more crooked and bending, compassiing [sic] behinde as a Rammes doe.
1769 W. Falconer Universal Dict. Marine at Building A strong piece of timber incurvated nearly into a circular arch, or, according to the technical term, compassing.
1850 J. Greenwood Sailor's Sea-bk. 107 Compassing, crooked or curved.
Derivatives
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the world > space > shape > curvature > [adverb]
acrooka1387
compass1545
bently1552
bowingly1552
compassingly1578
curvedly1694
curvingly1842
1578 J. Banister Hist. Man iv. f. 51v When the one [muscle] worketh onely, then is the head compassingly turned to the one side.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1891; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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