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]].
# to include comprehensively: a [[work]] that encompasses the entire range of the world's religious [[beliefs]].
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# to include comprehensively: a [[work]] that encompasses the entire range of the world's [[religious]] [[beliefs]].
 
# Obsolete. to outwit.
 
# Obsolete. to outwit.
  
 
[[Category: General Reference]]
 
[[Category: General Reference]]

Latest revision as of 18:45, 24 January 2010

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  1. to form a circle about; encircle; surround: He built a moat to encompass the castle.
  2. to enclose; envelop: The folds of a great cloak encompassed her person.
  3. to include comprehensively: a work that encompasses the entire range of the world's religious beliefs.
  4. Obsolete. to outwit.