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Definition of Compassable
1. a. Capable of being compassed or accomplished.
Definition of Compassable
1. Adjective. Capable of being compassed or accomplished. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Compassable
1. [adj]
Literary usage of Compassable
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. A Dictionary of English Synonymes and Synonymous Or Parallel Expressions by Richard Soule, George Holmes Howison (1891)
"compassable, a. Attainable, to be attained. 3. Mariner's or surveyor's compass,
ship's compass, needle. Compasses, n. pi. Dividers. Compassion, ». ..."
2. Journal of Theological Studies (1900)
"Thus we shall possess in a compassable shape the materials for studying in detail
the character and extent of the reform of Pius V. The Coronation Book of ..."
3. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine (1847)
"Here, then, we discover two purposes of partial, indeed, but signal utility,
compassable by the induction of ..."
4. The Johns Hopkins University Studies in Historical and Political Science by Johns Hopkins University (1921)
"The one content to doze away life with as little labor as possible and all the
enjoyment compassable; his log hut, wool hat, homespun suit, ..."
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