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verb

past tense of compass
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as in traversed
to travel completely around the great age of exploration, when ships of sail compassed the earth

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“Compassed.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/compassed. Accessed 25 Mar. 2023.

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