Difference between revisions of "Encompassing"
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# to form a [[circle]] about; encircle; surround: He built a moat to encompass the castle. | # to form a [[circle]] about; encircle; surround: He built a moat to encompass the castle. | ||
# to enclose; envelop: The folds of a great cloak encompassed her person. | # to enclose; envelop: The folds of a great cloak encompassed her person. | ||
Revision as of 21:20, 8 December 2009
- to form a circle about; encircle; surround: He built a moat to encompass the castle.
- to enclose; envelop: The folds of a great cloak encompassed her person.
- to include comprehensively: a work that encompasses the entire range of the world's religious beliefs.
- Obsolete. to outwit.
