compassed

English

Verb

compassed

1. simple past tense and past participle of compass

Adjective

compassed (comparative more compassed, superlative most compassed)

1. (obsolete) rounded; arched
   • Shakespeare

     She came […] into the compassed window.

Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for compassed in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.)