Definition of encompass

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Encompass (v. t.) To circumscribe or go round so as to surround closely; to encircle; to inclose; to environ; as, a ring encompasses the finger; an army encompasses a city; a voyage encompassing the world..

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Circle :: Circle (n.) To encompass, as by a circle; to surround; to inclose; to encircle..
Cincture :: Cincture (n.) That which encompasses or incloses; an inclosure.
Environ :: Environ (v. t.) To surround; to encompass; to encircle; to hem in; to be round about; to involve or envelop.
Waistband :: Waistband (n.) The band which encompasses the waist; esp., one on the upper part of breeches, trousers, pantaloons, skirts, or the like..
Begirt :: Begirt (v. t.) To encompass; to begird.
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..
Circumferential :: Circumferential (a.) Pertaining to the circumference; encompassing; encircling; circuitous.
Encompassed :: Encompassed (imp. & p. p.) of Encompas.
Begird :: Begird (v. t.) To surround as with a band; to encompass.
Pale :: Pale (v. t.) To inclose with pales, or as with pales; to encircle; to encompass; to fence off..
Gird :: Gird (v. t.) To surround; to encircle, or encompass..
Engird :: Engird (v. t.) To gird; to encompass.
Incompass :: Incompass (v. t.) See Encompass.
Inwreathe :: Inwreathe (v. t.) To surround or encompass as with a wreath.
Embrace :: Embrace (n.) To encircle; to encompass; to inclose.
In :: In (prep.) The specific signification of in is situation or place with respect to surrounding, environment, encompassment, etc. It is used with verbs signifying being, resting, or moving within limits, or within circumstances or conditions of any kind conceived of as limiting, confining, or investing, either wholly or in part. In its different applications, it approaches some of the meanings of, and sometimes is interchangeable with, within, into, on, at, of, and among..
Surround :: Surround (v. t.) To inclose on all sides; to encompass; to environ.
Precinct :: Precinct (n.) The limit or exterior line encompassing a place; a boundary; a confine; limit of jurisdiction or authority; -- often in the plural; as, the precincts of a state..
Amid :: Amid (prep.) In the midst or middle of; surrounded or encompassed by; among.
Inclosure :: Inclosure (n.) The act of inclosing; the state of being inclosed, shut up, or encompassed; the separation of land from common ground by a fence..
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