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Synonyms and Antonyms of compassing
- attempting more than his modest abilities could compass
- the great age of exploration, when ships of sail compassed the earth
- the rebels are compassing the assassination of the king
- a mysterious isle, compassed by treacherous seas
circling, embracing, encircling, enclosing (also inclosing), encompassing, environing, girding, girdling, ringing, surrounding, wreathing
- the concept that the earth is billions of years old is one that the average mind struggles to compass
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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