Compassing
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech verb
Quick meaning: Compassing is a verb meaning present participle and gerund of compass.
Meaning
present participle and gerund of compass.
More Meanings
- (shipbuilding) curved; bent
- (dated) The forming of plots or schemes; machination.
Example Sentences
compassing timbers
If this proposition needed a reply, it would be sufficient to point to what we have already shown. But take the external circumstances surrounding the case, and they discover that inward intention of the prisoner. His deliberate compassings, the nature and character of the act done, the deliberation shown in preparing for the deed, the state and condition of his mind at the time—all these show express malice.
Word Forms
- compassings
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include orbit, range, dig, circumnavigate, ambit, scope.
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