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One of two things compared together.

To get; to procure; to obtain; to acquire [Obs.] To fill his bags, and richesse to compare. Spenser.

To reach round; to circumvent; to get within one's power; to obtain; to accomplish. If I can chek my erring love, I will: If not, to compass her I'll use my skill. Shak. How can you to compass your designs Denham.

congruous; suitable; not repugnant; -- usually followed by with. Our poets have joined together such qualities as are by nature the most compatible. Broome.

Suffering or enduring together. [Obs.] Sir G. Buck.

To sum or collect together. [Obs.] Bp. King.

The act or process of compiling or gathering together from various sources.

To put together; to construct; to build. [Obs.] Before that Merlin died, he did intend A brazen wall in compass to compile. Spenser.

The act or process of making complete; the getting through to the end; as, the completion of an undertaking, an education, a service. The completion of some repairs. Prescott.

ple; as, a complex being; a complex idea. Ideas thus made up of several simple ones put together, I call complex; such as beauty, gratitude, a man, an army, the universe. Locke.

Folded together, or upon itself, with the fold running lengthwise.

A plotting together; a confederacy in some evil design; a conspiracy. I know their complot is to have my life. Shak.

A plotting together. [R.]

A bringing together. [Obs.] Bp. Richardson.

To form by putting together two or more things or parts; to put together; to make up; to fashion. Zeal ought to be composed of the hidhest degrees of all pious affection. Bp. Sprat.

The act or art of composing, or forming a whole or integral, by placing together and uniting different things, parts, or ingredients. In specific uses:

The act of drinking or tippling together. [R.] The fashion of compotation. Sir W. Scott.

To put together, as elements, ingredients, or parts, in order to form a whole; to combine, mix, or unite. We have the power of altering and compounding those images into all the varieties of picture. Addison.

A praying together. [Obs.] Bp. Wilkins.

To press or squeeze together; to force into a narrower compass; to reduce the volume of by pressure; to compact; to condense; as, to compress air or water. Events of centuries . . . compressed within the compass of a single life. D. Webster. The same strength of expression, though more compressed, runs through his hist…