compassing
curved; bent
Adjective
- curved; bent
- compassing timbers
Origin
From Middle English compassynge; equivalent to compass + -ing.
Forms
Noun
- The forming of plots or schemes; machination.
- If this proposition needed a reply, it would be sufficient to point to what we have already shown. But take the external circumstances surrounding the case, and they discover that inward intention of the prisoner. His...
Forms
Verb
- present participle and gerund of compass