ENCOMPASS

encompass. Encompass, v.t. to shut or hem in, to surround

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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.