† compassmentn.
Obsolete.
Compassing; contrivance, machination, plan.
ΘΚΠ
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 > possession > acquisition > [noun] > something desirable or advantageous
begetOE
winningc1330
gain1576
compassment1593
1292 Britton i. xii. §1 Si..il de ceo compassement de tiele felounesse volunté soit atteynt.]
c1300 K. Alis. 1345 By heore bothe compissement Kyng Felip was wounded.
1330 R. Mannyng Chron. (1810) 255 Þise þre ageyn Edward mad a compassement.
a1375 (c1350) William of Palerne (1867) l. 1981 Bi a coynt compacement caste sche sone, how bold ȝhe miȝt hire bere, hire best to excuse.
c1400 Mandeville's Trav. xvii. 180 Be experience and sotyle compassement of wytt.
1593 T. Nashe Christs Teares f. 43v For all the bodie-wasting industry I haue vsed in thy [i.e. knowledge's] compasment.
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