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encompass
/ɪnˈkʌmpəs/
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What does encompass mean?
verb
- To form a circle around; to encircle.
- To include within its scope; to circumscribe or go round so as to surround; to enclose; to contain.
- To include completely; to describe fully or comprehensively.
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verb
- To go around, especially, to circumnavigate.
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The words "environment," "medium" denote something more than surroundings which encompass an individual.
After all, what did it matter what they did to his body if by some scheme of the devil they could encompass his disgrace?
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And so he struggled to encompass a similar hold with the left hand, and in a few moments Terkoz’s bull neck was creaking beneath a full-Nelson.
As Archelaus was extending the right wing to encompass the enemy, Hortensius with his cohorts came down in force, with intention to charge him in the flank.
With something of a penchant for undertaking things never before accomplished, I proposed one morning to take a walk around the ramparts that encompass the Persian capital.