encompassing - 2 dictionary results
en⋅com⋅pass
[en-kuhm-puh
s] 
–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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| en·com·pass (ěn-kŭm'pəs) tr.v. en·com·passed, en·com·pass·ing, en·com·pass·es
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