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compassable, a.|ˈkʌmpəsəb(ə)l| [f. compass v.1 + -able.] Capable of being compassed, attainable.
1581Mulcaster Positions xliii. (1887) 271, I take the thing also to be verie compassable. 1657Tomlinson Renou's Disp. 734 Aqua Theriacal..consists but of a few things, and they easily compassable. 1780Burke Sp. Econom. Reform Wks. III. 343 Our objects are plain and compassable. 1887Sat. Rev. 3 Dec. 770 Sydney has the Blue Mountains..within compassable distance. |