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    [Verb]  | "com*pass" | \ ˈkəm-pəs \


    1: to devise or contrive often with craft or skill : plot

    2: encompass

    3: bring about, achieve

    Origin: 14th century ;

     Middle English, from Anglo-French cumpasser to measure, from Vulgar Latin *compassare to pace off, from Latin com- + passus pace;

    [Noun]  | "compass" 


    1: boundary, circumference

    2: a circumscribed space

    3: range, scope

    Origin: 14th century ;

     See: {compass:1 };

    [Noun]  | "compass card" 


    1: the circular card attached to the needles of a mariner's compass on which are marked the 360° of the circle and 32 equidistant points

    Origin: 1789 ;

    [Noun]  | "compass plant" 


    1: a yellow-flowered composite plant (Silphium laciniatum) that has large pinnatifid leaves in which the leaf edges typically align in a northerly and southerly direction and that occurs especially in prairies and along roadsides of the central U.S.

    Origin: 1848 ;

    [Noun]  | "compass rose" 


    1: a circle graduated to degrees or quarters and printed on a chart to show direction

    Origin: circa 1891 ;

    [Noun]  | "mariner's compass" 


    1: a compass used in navigation that consists of parallel magnetic needles or bundles of needles permanently attached to a card marked to indicate direction and degrees of a circle

    Origin: 1594 ;

    [Noun]  | "moral compass" 


    1: a set of beliefs or values that help guide ethical decisions, judgments, and behavior : an internal sense of right and wrong; also : someone or something that serves as a standard for guiding moral choices, judgments, or behavior

    Origin: 1814 ;

    [Noun]  | "radio compass" 


    1: a direction finder used in navigation

    Origin: 1912 ;

    [Adjective]  | "compass" 


    1: forming a curve : curved

    Origin: 1523 ;

    [Idiom]  | "all points/every point of the compass" 


    1: all directions : everywhere

    [Noun]  | "compass" 


    1: a guiding or motivating purpose or principle;


      * e.g., " ... a young go-getter who lost his moral compass in the course of his quest for fame and fortune "



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    2: an area over which activity, capacity, or influence extends;


      * e.g., " ... within the compass of my voice "



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    3: the line or relatively narrow space that marks the outer limit of something;


      * e.g., " ... within the compass of the city walls "



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    [Verb]  | "compass" 


    1: to carry through (as a process) to completion;


      * e.g., " ... attempting more than his modest abilities could compass "



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    2: to travel completely around;


      * e.g., " ... the great age of exploration, when ships of sail compassed the earth "



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    3: to engage in a secret plan to accomplish evil or unlawful ends;


      * e.g., " ... the rebels are compassing the assassination of the king "



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     [ "compassive" ]

    1: thinking hard about nothing and coming up with something

      * e.g.,  ... compassive is when you think about nothing,but you get ideas =) 

     [ "compassion" ]

    1: The only true path to wisdom.

      * e.g.,  ... All wisdom and compassion are eternaly linked. 

     [ "compassion" ]

    1: Something only the truly hardcore and awesome people in this world possess. While it's popular to believe that only wusses are compassionate, this is not true, it takes guts to care. It's popular to call the compassionate names because people who don't care feel like bitches when they see us doing something they don't have the balls to do.

      * e.g.,  ... Guy1: That over-hyped celebrity tried to display compassion and gave 130k to the Salvation Army! Isn't she awesome??!! 

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    2: Anyone can lack compassion, it's easy, just do nothing that helps other people.

      * e.g.,  ... Guy2: ohmygod she gave 0.4% of her massive fortune to an unbelievably inefficient idiot's charity? You're right! She IS amazing! She donated with a straight face! 

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    3: Compassion isn't to be confused with being a tool you become a tool by being compassionate and naive.

      * e.g.,  ... Dude1: I saw Tony helping unload the food truck down at the food bank. 

     [ "Compassing" ]

    1: In the subculture of marijuana slang, compassing is a tool used to assist a smoker who is using a pipe. The person who took the hit directly before the person who now has the bowl says, for example "Northeast," if the green is to the top right of the bowl (farther away from the smoker), or "Southwest," if the green is to the bottom left of the bowl (closer to the smoker).

      * e.g.,  ... Bob "Hey bro, I didnt get a good hit, can you give me a compass?" 

     [ "Compassion" ]

    1: someone who cares about the thoughts and feelings of others before they think of themselves

      * e.g.,  ... all of my friends are compassionate 

     [ "Compassion" ]

    1: To hold emotions towards the world and see them as equals in the eyes of karma when it comes to how you care about things around you.

      * e.g.,  ... That guy barely has any compassion. 

     [ "Compass" ]

    1: a device used to find direction. Sometimes it's used to find a landmark, other times it's used to find love. devise that points towards your dreams.

      * e.g.,  ... I gave my love my brass compass and told her to watch the needle spin and that it'll ALWAYS point to what you want it to. It's something weird about love 

     [ "Compass" ]

    1: Noun- The mixture of semen (Cum) and urine (Piss) that exits the penis after sexual intercourse. This whitish discharge is often the opening act for a golden shower.

      * e.g.,  ... Raigen- "Yea, ohh yea, ride me!!" 

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    2:  The abundance of cum that exits the penis after extended intercourse

      * e.g.,  ... Storm- "Im gunna compass!! OMGGGGGG!" 

     [ "Compassion" ]

    1: The highest form of human emotion. An unteachable and unlearnable but natural human emotion that motivates you to go above and beyond to help the emotional, physical and mental pains of others. To have sympathy for another person regardless of what your feelings or situations are.

      * e.g.,  ... Instead of yelling at the person that did you wrong, show that person compassion because you don't know what they are going through. 

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    2: People who are empaths are usually the people who naturally show compassion. Signs that are the most Compassionate:

      * e.g.,  ... You shouldn't be so quick to judge, you could change the outcome of someone's life in a positive way just by showing someone compassion. 

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    3: Pieces

     [ "Compassion" ]

    4: Cancer

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    5: Libra

     [ "Compassion" ]

    6: Virgo

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    1: n. - The act of defecating in a toilet by sitting normally and taking four 90 degree rotated seatings, each seating involving partial defecation. The end result is faeces deposited on four parts of the toilet bowl, much like a compass. A childish prank. Similar to back straddling.

      * e.g.,  ... "I hate that guy so much I performed a compass in his toilet. Just watch him clean it up" 

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