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- verb archaic Third-person singular simple present indicative form of
compass .
Etymologies
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Examples
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Princess Shamsah, ‘Verily this youth loveth thee with exceeding love; Allah upon thee, deal kindly with him, for he is of the great ones of mankind and of the sons of the kings, and his father ruleth over the land of Kabul and his reign compasseth a mighty empire.’
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And the border compasseth it on the north side to Hannathon: and the outgoings thereof are in the valley of Jiphthahel:
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The name of the first is Pison: that is it which compasseth the whole land of Havilah, where there is gold;
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Ephraim compasseth me about with lies, and the house of Israel with deceit: but Judah yet ruleth with God, and is faithful with the saints.
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And the name of the second river is Gihon: the same is it that compasseth the whole land of Ethiopia.
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And the name of the second river is Gihon: the same is it that compasseth the whole land of Ethiopia.
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And the border compasseth it on the north side to Hannathon: and the outgoings thereof are in the valley of Jiphthahel:
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The name of the first is Pison: that is it which compasseth the whole land of Havilah, where there is gold;
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Ephraim compasseth me about with lies, and the house of Israel with deceit: but Judah yet ruleth with God, and is faithful with the saints.
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And the cunning meanes of another, when hee compasseth craft to defend himselfe from perill
The Decameron 2004
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