compass
noun
an instrument for determining directions, as by means of a freely rotating magnetized needle that indicates magnetic north.
had compassed
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past perfectof compass.past perfect
Used to express a completed action that took place before another specific past action occurred.
Example Sentences
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His arm raised the tumbler in a manner that showed this gesture to be one that he had compassed before.
From Pipefuls by Christopher Morley
Uniting their talents and their rancour against the imperious and uncompromising woman who had compassed their disgrace, Harley and Bolingbroke, in their turn, had set about overthrowing the sway of the Duchess.
From Political Women, Vol. 2 by Sutherland Menzies
They caused it to be laid to Prince Nagaya's charge that he had compassed the death of the infant prince by charms and incantations.
From A History of the Japanese People From the Earliest Times to the End of the Meiji Era by F. (Frank) Brinkley
It was only her nobility of nature, he argued, that had compassed her unhappiness in that instance.
From The Storm Centre by Mary Noailles Murfree
Nothing less than a political necessity had compassed this joyous occasion.
From The Raid of The Guerilla and Other Stories by Charles Egbert Craffock
