accompass

English edit

Etymology edit

Superficially ac- +‎ compass, but perhaps a- (“intensifying prefix”) +‎ compass (“to accomplish”).

Verb edit

accompass (third-person singular simple present accompasses, present participle accompassing, simple past and past participle accompassed)

(obsolete, transitive) To achieve; effect; bring about.
- 1693, John Hacket, Scrinia reserata: a Memorial offered to the great Deservings of John Williams, D.D:
  The remotion of two such impediments is not commonly accompass'd by one head-piece.

References edit

“accompass”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911, →OCLC.