Outcompass

Quick meaning: Outcompass is a verb meaning (transitive) To exceed the compass or limits of.

Meaning

(transitive) To exceed the compass or limits of.

Example Sentences

"It is manifest that there is no danger at all in the proportion or quantity of knowledge, how large soever, lest it should make it swell or out-compass itself; no, but it is merely the quality of knowledge, which, be it in quantity more or less, if it be taken without the true corrective thereof, hath in it some nature of venom or malignity, and some effects of that venom, which is ventosity or swelling."

Word Forms

• outcompasses
• outcompassing
• outcompassed

Synonyms for outcompass

Depending on context, synonyms include exceed, surpass, transcend.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include exceed, overstep, outpass, overrun, outstrip, outmeasure.

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