a. [f. COMPASS v.1 + -ABLE.] Capable of being compassed, attainable.

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1581.  Mulcaster, Positions, xliii. (1887), 271. I take the thing also to be verie compassable.

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1657.  Tomlinson, Renou’s Disp., 734. Aqua Theriacal … consists but of a few things, and they easily compassable.

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1780.  Burke, Sp. Econom. Reform, Wks. III. 343. Our objects are plain and compassable.

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1887.  Sat. Rev., 3 Dec., 770. Sydney has the Blue Mountains … within compassable distance.

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