accompass

English

Etymology

Superficially ac- +‎ compass, but perhaps a- (“intensifying prefix”) +‎ compass (“to accomplish”).

Verb

accompass (third-person singular simple present accompasses, present participle accompassing, simple past and past participle accompassed)

1. (obsolete, transitive) To achieve; effect; bring about.
   • 1693, John Hacket, Scrinia reserata: a Memorial offered to the great Deservings of John Williams, D.D:

     The remotion of two such impediments is not commonly accompass'd by one head-piece.

References

• William Dwight Whitney, Benjamin E[li] Smith, editors (1911), “accompass”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., →OCLC.