compassed

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/ˈkʌmpəst/

adjective

rounded; arched

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Meanings

verb
  1. participlepastsimple past and past participle of compass
adjectivecompassed (comparative more compassed, superlative most compassed)

comparative more compassed · superlative most compassed

  1. obsoleterounded; arched

    She came […] into the compassed window.

    c. 1602 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of Troylus and Cressida”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act I, scene ii]
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APA

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MLA

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Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “compassed,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/compassed.

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