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verb (used with object)
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.
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Encompassing
is always a great word to know.
So is quincunx. Does it mean:
| a calculus or concretion found in the stomach or intestines of certain animals, esp. ruminants, formerly reputed to be an effective remedy for poison. |
| an arrangement of five objects, as trees, in a square or rectangle, one at each corner and one in the middle. |
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encompass
c.1550s, from en- "make, put in" + compass. Related: Encompassed; encompasses; encompassing.
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