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- attempting more than his modest abilities could compass
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- the great age of exploration, when ships of sail compassed the earth
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- the rebels are compassing the assassination of the king
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- a mysterious isle, compassed by treacherous seas
Synonyms for compassing
- circling,
- embracing,
- encircling,
- enclosing
- (also inclosing),
- encompassing,
- environing,
- girding,
- girdling,
- ringing,
- surrounding,
- wreathing
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- the concept that the earth is billions of years old is one that the average mind struggles to compass
Synonyms for compassing
- appreciating,
- apprehending,
- assimilating,
- beholding,
- catching,
- catching on (to),
- cognizing,
- comprehending,
- conceiving,
- cottoning (to or on to),
- deciphering,
- decoding,
- digging,
- discerning,
- getting,
- grasping,
- grokking,
- intuiting,
- knowing,
- making,
- making out,
- perceiving,
- recognizing,
- registering,
- savvying,
- seeing,
- seizing,
- sensing,
- tumbling (to),
- twigging,
- understanding
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“Compassing.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/compassing. Accessed 18 Oct. 2021.
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