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- واژهنامه · Merriam-Webster Collegiate Dictionary 1 com·pass n. Pronunciation: ' kəm-pəs also ' käm- Function: transitive verb Etymology: Middle English, from Anglo-French cumpasser to measure, from Vulgar Latin *compassare to pace off, from Latin com- + passus pace Date: 14th century 1 : to devise or contrive often with craft or skill : PLOT <persons ⋯ who have compass ed my destruction ― Charles Dickens> 2 : ENCOMPASS 3 a : BRING ABOUT , ACHIEVE b : to get into one's possession or power : OBTAIN 4 : COMPREHEND –com·pass·able \-pə-sə-bəl\ adjective ]]> 2 compass n. Function: noun Date: 14th century 1 a : BOUNDARY , CIRCUMFERENCE <within the compass of the city walls> b : a circumscribed space <within the narrow compass of 21 pages ― V. L. Parrington> c : RANGE , SCOPE <the compass of my voice> 2 : a curved or roundabout course <a compass of seven days' journey ― 2 Kings 3:9(AV)> 3 a : a device for determining directions by means of a magnetic needle or group of needles turning freely on a pivot and pointing to the magnetic north b : any of various nonmagnetic devices that indicate direction c : an instrument for describing circles or transferring measurements that consists of two pointed branches joined at the top by a pivot ― usually used in plural ― called also pair of compasses 4 : DIRECTION 6C <his moral compass > synonyms see RANGE compass 3a]]> 3 compass n. Function: adjective Date: 1523 : forming a curve : CURVED <a compass timber>]]> compass (as used in expr…