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2 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Encircle \En*cir"cle\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Encircled}; p. pr & vb n. {Encircling}.] [Pref. en- + circle: cf OF encercler.] 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. Her brows encircled with his serpent rod. --Parnell. Syn: To encompass; surround; environ; inclose. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: encircled adj 1: confined on all sides; "a camp surrounded by enemies"; "the encircled pioneers" [syn: {surrounded}] 2: enclosed within a circle; "the encircled camp was complete cut off" 3: adorned or crowned with a circlet; sometimes used as combining forms; "a brow encircled with laurel"; "wreathed in an extraordinary luminescence"; "ringed round with daisies"; "smoke-wreathed" [syn: {ringed}, {wreathed}]
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