compassable
English
editEtymology
editAdjective
editcompassable (comparative more compassable, superlative most compassable)
- Capable of being compassed or accomplished.
- February 11 1780, Edmund Burke, speech in the House of Commons
- We want many things compassable only by the help of other beings like ourselves. They want things compassable within our Help.
- February 11 1780, Edmund Burke, speech in the House of Commons
Derived terms
editReferences
edit“compassable”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.