COMPASS

I. transitive verb Etymology: Middle English, from Anglo-French cumpasser to measure, from Vulgar Latin *~are to pace off, from Latin com- + passus pace Date: 14th century to devise or contrive often with craft or skill ; plot , en~ , 3. bring about , achieve , to get into one's possession or power ; obtain , comprehend , ~able adjective II. noun Date: 14th century 1. boundary , circumference , a circumscribed space , range , scope , a curved or roundabout course , 3. a device for determining directions by means of a magnetic needle or group of needles turning freely on a pivot and pointing to the magnetic north, any of various nonmagnetic devices that indicate direction, an instrument for describing circles or transferring measurements that consists of two pointed branches joined at the top by a pivot, direction 6c , see: range III. adjective Date: 1523 forming a curve ; curved