compassement
French edit
Etymology edit
Inherited from Old French compassement. By surface analysis, compasser (“to compass”) + -ment.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
compassement m (plural compassements)
- exact measurement or regulation
Further reading edit
- “compassement”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Middle English edit
Alternative forms edit
Etymology edit
From Old French compassement; equivalent to compas + -ment.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
compassement (plural compassamentz)
- Guile, craft, or plotting; the practice of sleight-of hand.
- A scheme or plan formulated in secrecy and with malicious intent.
- (rare) The utilisation or application of knowledge.
- 1357, John Mandeville, The Travels of Sir John Mandeville[1], modernized spelling edition:
- And men may well prove by experience and subtle compassment of wit, that if a man found passages by ships that would go to search the world, men might go by ship all about the world and above and beneath.
References edit
- “cǒmpassement, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2019-01-22.