compassable, a.
(ˈkʌmpəsəb(ə)l)
[f. compass v.1 + -able.]
Capable of being compassed, attainable.
| 1581 Mulcaster Positions xliii. (1887) 271, I take the thing also to be verie compassable. 1657 Tomlinson Renou's Disp. 734 Aqua Theriacal..consists but of a few things, and they easily compassable. 1780 Burke Sp. Econom. Reform Wks. III. 343 Our objects are plain and compassable. 1887 Sat. Rev. 3 Dec. 770 Sydney has the Blue Mountains..within compassable distance. |