compass
/ˈkʌm.pəs/ verbo C2- To surround; to encircle; to environ; to stretch round.
- To go about or round entirely; to traverse.
- To accomplish; to reach; to achieve; to obtain.
- To plot; to scheme (against someone).
He/she/it compasses · Pasado compassed · Participio pasado compassed · Forma en -ing compassing
Formas del verbo
- Forma base
- compass
- He/she/it
- compasses
- Pasado
- compassed
- Participio pasado
- compassed
- Forma en -ing
- compassing
Phrasal verbs y expresiones
De la biblioteca
What strange means has he used to compass this blessed end?”
“I hope,” said she, as they were walking together in the shrubbery the next day, “you will give your mother-in-law a few hints, when this desirable event takes place, as to the advantage of holding her tongue; and if you can compass it, to cure the younger girls of running after the officers.
Only I warn you, that when I reside in a country, I conform to all its code, and I have no wish to put myself within the compass of the French laws for your sake.”
“I won’t insult your intelligence by telling you how I read that, especially as, rather against the strict rules of your order, you use an arc-and-compass breastpin.”
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