compass
noun
an instrument for determining directions, as by means of a freely rotating magnetized needle that indicates magnetic north.
compassable
-
a word derived from
compass.
Example Sentences
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Yet exhibition of its tombstone, were such exhibition compassable, could not fail to bring her honour and respect.
From Deadham Hard by Lucas Malet
He lives in another world—has, as Sir Anthony Absolute says, a sun and moon of his own—a realm of fairies, with attending sprites to perform his every compassable wish.
From Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 1, November 13, 1841 by Various
Instantly Nozdrev burst into a laugh compassable only by a healthy man in whose head every tooth still remains as white as sugar.
From Dead Souls by D. J. Hogarth
He will be at once the servant of concrete and compassable ideals and their possessor and enjoyer.
From The Next Step in Religion An Essay toward the Coming Renaissance by Roy Wood Sellars
If we do, our objects are plain and compassable.
From The Works of the Right Honourable Edmund Burke, Vol. 02 (of 12) by Edmund Burke
