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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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Tiara :: Tiara (n.) The pope's triple crown. It was at first a round, high cap, but was afterward encompassed with a crown, subsequently with a second, and finally with a third. Fig.: The papal dignity..

Circumambient :: Circumambient (a.) Surrounding; inclosing or being on all sides; encompassing.

Gird :: Gird (v. t.) To surround; to encircle, or encompass..

Clip :: Clip (v. t.) To embrace, hence; to encompass..

Cincture :: Cincture (n.) That which encompasses or incloses; an inclosure.

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..

Bezel :: Bezel (n.) The rim which encompasses and fastens a jewel or other object, as the crystal of a watch, in the cavity in which it is set..

Around :: Around (prep.) On all sides of; encircling; encompassing; so as to make the circuit of; about.

Comate :: Comate (a.) Encompassed with a coma, or bushy appearance, like hair; hairy..

Circinate :: Circinate (v. t.) To make a circle around; to encompass.

Circumferential :: Circumferential (a.) Pertaining to the circumference; encompassing; encircling; circuitous.

Encompassment :: Encompassment (n.) The act of surrounding, or the state of being surrounded; circumvention..

Round :: Round (v. t.) To surround; to encircle; to encompass.

Begirt :: Begirt (v. t.) To encompass; to begird.

Circumference :: Circumference (n.) The line that goes round or encompasses a circular figure; a periphery.

Pale :: Pale (v. t.) To inclose with pales, or as with pales; to encircle; to encompass; to fence off..

Surround :: Surround (v. t.) To inclose on all sides; to encompass; to environ.

Environ :: Environ (v. t.) To surround; to encompass; to encircle; to hem in; to be round about; to involve or envelop.

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..

Surrounding :: Surrounding (n.) An encompassing.