accompass

== English == === Etymology === Superficially ac- +‎ compass, but perhaps a- (“intensifying prefix”) +‎ compass (“to accomplish”). === Verb === accompass (third-person singular simple present accompasses, present participle accompassing, simple past and past participle accompassed) (obsolete, transitive) To achieve; effect; bring about. ==== References ==== William Dwight Whitney, Benjamin E[li] Smith, editors (1911), “accompass”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., →OCLC.