单词 | compassment |
释义 | † ˈcompassment Obs. Forms: as in compass. [a. OF. cum-, compassement machination, f. compasser to compass: see -ment.] Compassing; contrivance, machination, plan.
[1292Britton i. xii. §1 Si..il de ceo compassement de tiele felounesse volunté soit atteynt.] c1300K. Alis. 1345 By heore bothe compissement Kyng Felip was wounded. 1330R. Brunne Chron. (1810) 255 Þise þre ageyn Edward mad a compassement. c1350Will. Palerne 1981 Bi a coynt compacement caste sche sone how bold zhe miȝt hire bere hire best to excuse. c1400Mandeville xvii. 180 Be experience and sotyle compassement of wytt. 1593Nashe Christ's T. (1613) 88 For all the body-wasting industry I haue vsed in thy [knowledge's] compasment. |

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