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From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Encompass \En*com"pass\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Encompassed}; p.
pr & vb n. {Encompassing}.]
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. --Shak.
A question may be encompassed with difficulty. --C. J.
Smith.
The love of all thy sons encompass thee. --Tennyson.
Syn: To encircle; inclose; surround; include; environ;
invest; hem in shut up
From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]:
encompassing
adj 1: broad in scope or content; "across-the-board pay increases";
"an all-embracing definition"; "blanket sanctions
against human-rights violators"; "an invention with
broad applications"; "a panoptic study of Soviet
nationality"- T.G.Winner; "granted him wide powers"
[syn: {across-the-board}, {all-embracing}, {all-encompassing},
{all-inclusive}, {blanket(a)}, {broad}, {panoptic}, {wide}]
2: closely encircling; "encompassing mountain ranges"; "the
surrounding countryside" [syn: {encompassing(a)}, {surrounding(a)}]
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