† acompassadv.

Forms: late Middle English acompas.

Origin: A borrowing from French. Etymon: French a compas.

Etymology: < Anglo-Norman and Middle French a compas (c1160) < a to, with, in + compas circle, circuit (see compass n.¹). With the pairing with environ adv. compare Old French (Normandy) environ a compas (c1227). Compare earlier a compass to, in compass of at compass n.¹ 5c, compass adv.

Obsolete. rare.

In a circle.

ΘΚΠ

the world > space > relative position > condition of being external > surrounding > [adverb]

umbeOE

umbetrinc1175

avirounc1300

roundc1300

aroundc1330

aboutsa1387

about rounda1393

compassa1400

round about?a1400

about-forthc1400

umbeturnc1400

acompassc1450

ambiently1659

aside1859

c1450 (c1386) G. Chaucer Legend Good Women (Fairf. 16) (1879) Prol. l. 300 And with that word, a-compas enviroun [c1430 Cambr. Gg. 4. 27 alle in cumpas, enveroun] They setten hem ful softely a-doun.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2009; most recently modified version published online March 2021).

单词	acompass
释义	† acompassadv. Forms: late Middle English acompas. Origin: A borrowing from French. Etymon: French a compas. Etymology: < Anglo-Norman and Middle French a compas (c1160) < a to, with, in + compas circle, circuit (see compass n.¹). With the pairing with environ adv. compare Old French (Normandy) environ a compas (c1227). Compare earlier a compass to, in compass of at compass n.¹ 5c, compass adv. Obsolete. rare. In a circle. ΘΚΠ the world > space > relative position > condition of being external > surrounding > [adverb] umbeOE umbetrinc1175 avirounc1300 roundc1300 aroundc1330 aboutsa1387 about rounda1393 compassa1400 round about?a1400 about-forthc1400 umbeturnc1400 acompassc1450 ambiently1659 aside1859 c1450 (c1386) G. Chaucer Legend Good Women (Fairf. 16) (1879) Prol. l. 300 And with that word, a-compas enviroun [c1430 Cambr. Gg. 4. 27 alle in cumpas, enveroun] They setten hem ful softely a-doun. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2009; most recently modified version published online March 2021). < adv.c1450
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