compassen

== Middle English == === Alternative forms === compasse, conpassen, cumpasen, cumpasse, cumpassen === Etymology === From Old French compasser; equivalent to compass +‎ -en (infinitival suffix). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /kumˈpasən/, /ˈkumpasən/ === Verb === compassen (third-person singular simple present compasseth, present participle compassende, compassynge, first-/third-person singular past indicative and past participle compassed) To consider or ponder; to mentally explore: (rare) To attain knowledge or comprehension of something. (rare) To decide or select; to reach a decision or course of action. (rare) To assume or remember; to be mindful of something. To launch an endeavor or enterprise; to act or accomplish: To plan or scheme, especially surreptitiously or malignly. To create or invent; to bring into existence. To cover or surround; to have inside or within. To travel throughout or within a region. (rare) To avoid or bypass when traveling. (rare) To use a compass (tool for drawing a circle) ==== Conjugation ==== ==== Descendants ==== English: compass ==== References ==== “compassen, v.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 22 January 2019.