Definition of encircle

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Encircle (v. t.) To form a circle about; to inclose within a circle or ring; to surround; as, to encircle one in the arms; the army encircled the city..

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Serpent :: Serpent (v. t.) To wind; to encircle.
Emball :: Emball (v. t.) To encircle or embrace.
Round :: Round (v. t.) To surround; to encircle; to encompass.
Inclasp :: Inclasp (v. t.) To clasp within; to hold fast to; to embrace or encircle.
Encircle :: Encircle (v. t.) To form a circle about; to inclose within a circle or ring; to surround; as, to encircle one in the arms; the army encircled the city..
Coil :: Coil (v. t.) To encircle and hold with, or as with, coils..
Ingirt :: Ingirt (a.) Surrounded; encircled.
Dead-eye :: Dead-eye (n.) A round, flattish, wooden block, encircled by a rope, or an iron band, and pierced with three holes to receive the lanyard; -- used to extend the shrouds and stays, and for other purposes. Called also deadman's eye..
Wind :: Wind (v. t.) To entwist; to infold; to encircle.
Circle :: Circle (n.) To encompass, as by a circle; to surround; to inclose; to encircle..
Girt :: Girt (v.) To gird; to encircle; to invest by means of a girdle; to measure the girth of; as, to girt a tree..
Encircled :: Encircled (imp. & p. p.) of Encircl.
Orb :: Orb (v. t.) To encircle; to surround; to inclose.
Fillet :: Fillet (n.) A little band, especially one intended to encircle the hair of the head..
Belt :: Belt (v. t.) To encircle with, or as with, a belt; to encompass; to surround..
Round :: Round (prep.) On every side of, so as to encompass or encircle; around; about; as, the people atood round him; to go round the city; to wind a cable round a windlass..
Inwheel :: Inwheel (v. t.) To encircle.
Band :: Band (v. t.) In Gothic architecture, the molding, or suite of moldings, which encircles the pillars and small shafts..
Circlet :: Circlet (n.) A little circle; esp., an ornament for the person, having the form of a circle; that which encircles, as a ring, a bracelet, or a headband..
Circumferentially :: Circumferentially (adv.) So as to surround or encircle.
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