a passing round; circuit; circuitous course.-an inclosing limit; boundary; circumference; as, within the compass of an encircling wall.-an inclosed space; an area; extent.-extent; reach; sweep; capacity; sphere; as, the compass of his eye; the compass of imagination.-moderate bounds, limits of truth; moderation; due limits; -- used with within.-the range of notes, or tones, within the capacity of a voice or instrument.-an instrument for determining directions upon the earth's surface by means of a magnetized bar or needle turning freely upon a pivot and pointing in a northerly and southerly direction.-a pair of compasses.-a circle; a continent.-to go about or entirely round; to make the circuit of.-to inclose on all sides; to surround; to encircle; to environ; to invest; to besiege; -- used with about, round, around, and round about.-to reach round; to circumvent; to get within one's power; to obtain; to accomplish.-to curve; to bend into a circular form.-to purpose; to intend; to imagine; to plot.