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Words, grammatical forms and meanings linked to the ontology.

compass out en · VERB

Meanings

  1. To circumscribe; to delimit.
    • "And is there any end to wisdom that we may hope to reach it? Rather, the more we learn, shall we not thereby be able only to better compass out our ignorance? Did we live ten thousand years could we hope to solve the secrets of the suns, and of the space beyond the suns, and of the Hand that hung them in the heavens?" 1886 October – 1887 January, H[enry] Rider Haggard, She: A History of Adventure, London: Longmans, Green, and Co., published 1887, →OCLC:

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compassing out Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
compassed out Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
compassed out Tense=Past lexicographic
compasses out Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres lexicographic