compassable

English

Etymology

From compass +‎ -able.

Adjective

compassable (comparative more compassable, superlative most compassable)

  1. 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.

Derived terms

References

“compassable”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.

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