Ye shall compass the city--and the seventh day ye shall compass the city seven times. Josh. 6. For ye compass sea and land. Math. 23. 4. To besiege; to beleaguer; to block up. This is not a different sense, but a particular application. Thine enemies shall cast a trench about thee, and compass thee round, and keep thee in on every side. Luke 19. 5.
The people so classified also were categorized collectively as gente de razn, a term that literally means people of reason, but was originally used to designate non-Spaniards and especially people of mixed genetic heritage who were able to speak the Spanish language.
I want to know what qing really mean, if I'm right, then it's chinese. Hard to find it, because there are lots of qing dynasty results. For the best answers, search on this site https://shorturl.im/avgnm The people are very crazy. Gente is a singular noun in Spanish but means 'people'.