Ye shall compass the city--and the seventh day ye shall compass the city seven times. Josh. 6. For ye compass sea and land. Math. 23. 4. To besiege; to beleaguer; to block up. This is not a different sense, but a particular application. Thine enemies shall cast a trench about thee, and compass thee round, and keep thee in on every side. Luke 19. 5.
The people so classified also were categorized collectively as gente de razn, a term that literally means people of reason, but was originally used to designate non-Spaniards and especially people of mixed genetic heritage who were able to speak the Spanish language.
âConfit de canard â is âduck confitâ. Note that the singular and plural forms are pronounced identically in French. âConfit, confiteâ, the adjective, means âpreservedâ, and in this regard can refer to crytallised fruit, fruit confits, or even pickled gherkins âcornichons confitsâ.