What is "compassing"

Compass \Com"pass\ (k[u^]m"pas), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Compassed (k[u^]m"past); p. pr. & vb. n. Compassing.] [F. compasser, LL. compassare.]

1. To go about or entirely round; to make the circuit of.

   Ye shall compass the city seven times.
   --Josh. vi. 4.

   We the globe can compass soon.
   --Shak.

2. To inclose on all sides; to surround; to encircle; to environ; to invest; to besiege; -- used with about, round, around, and round about.

   With terrors and with clamors compassed round.
   --Milton.

   Now all the blessings Of a glad father compass thee about.
   --Shak.

   Thine enemies shall cast a trench about thee, and compass thee round.
   --Luke xix. 4

3. 3. To reach round; to circumvent; to get within one's power; to obtain; to accomplish.

   If I can check my erring love, I will: If not, to compass her I'll use my skill.
   --Shak.

   How can you hope to compass your designs?
   --Denham.

4. To curve; to bend into a circular form. [Obs. except in carpentry and shipbuilding.]
   --Shak.

5. (Law) To purpose; to intend; to imagine; to plot.

   Compassing and imagining the death of the king are synonymous terms; compassing signifying the purpose or design of the mind or will, and not, as in common speech, the carrying such design to effect.
   --Blackstone.

Compassing \Com"pass*ing\, a. (Shipbuilding) Curved; bent; as, compassing timbers.

1. (context shipbuilding English) curved; bent v

2. (present participle of compass English)