See compassen in All languages combined, or Wiktionary
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[
"scheme",
"scheme"
],
[
"surreptitiously",
"surreptitiously"
],
[
"malignly",
"malignly"
]
]
},
{
"glosses": [
"To launch an endeavor or enterprise; to act or accomplish:",
"To create or invent; to bring into existence."
],
"links": [
[
"endeavor",
"endeavor"
],
[
"act",
"act"
],
[
"accomplish",
"accomplish"
],
[
"create",
"create"
],
[
"invent",
"invent"
],
[
"bring",
"bring"
],
[
"existence",
"existence"
]
]
},
{
"glosses": [
"To cover or surround; to have inside or within."
],
"links": [
[
"cover",
"cover"
],
[
"surround",
"surround"
],
[
"inside",
"inside"
],
[
"within",
"within"
]
]
},
{
"glosses": [
"To travel throughout or within a region."
],
"links": [
[
"travel",
"travel"
],
[
"throughout",
"throughout"
],
[
"within",
"within"
]
]
},
{
"categories": [
"Middle English terms with rare senses"
],
"glosses": [
"To avoid or bypass when traveling."
],
"links": [
[
"avoid",
"avoid"
],
[
"bypass",
"bypass"
],
[
"traveling",
"traveling"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(rare) To avoid or bypass when traveling."
],
"tags": [
"rare"
]
},
{
"categories": [
"Middle English terms with rare senses"
],
"glosses": [
"To use a compass (tool for drawing a circle)"
],
"links": [
[
"compass",
"compass"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(rare) To use a compass (tool for drawing a circle)"
],
"tags": [
"rare"
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"ipa": "/kumˈpasən/"
},
{
"ipa": "/ˈkumpasən/"
}
],
"synonyms": [
{
"word": "compasse"
},
{
"word": "conpassen"
},
{
"word": "cumpasen"
},
{
"word": "cumpasse"
},
{
"word": "cumpassen"
}
],
"word": "compassen"
}
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