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n.
The limit or exterior line encompassing a place; a boundary; a confine; limit of jurisdiction or authority; -- often in the plural; as, the precincts of a state.
n.
The act of inclosing; the state of being inclosed, shut up, or encompassed; the separation of land from common ground by a fence.
prep.
The specific signification of in is situation or place with respect to surrounding, environment, encompassment, etc. It is used with verbs signifying being, resting, or moving within limits, or within circumstances or conditions of any kind conceived of as limiting, confining, or investing, either wholly or in part. In its different applications, it approaches some of the meanings of, and sometimes is interchangeable with, within, into, on, at, of, and among.
n.
That part of a bridle or halter which encompasses the head.
n.
An encompassing.
n.
The band which encompasses the waist; esp., one on the upper part of breeches, trousers, pantaloons, skirts, or the like.
v. t.
To cause to become an island, or like an island; to surround or encompass; to island.
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See Encompass.
p. pr. & vb. n.
of Encompass
prep.
On every side of, so as to encompass or encircle; around; about; as, the people atood round him; to go round the city; to wind a cable round a windlass.
v. t.
To inclose with pales, or as with pales; to encircle; to encompass; to fence off.
v. t.
To inclose on all sides; to encompass; to environ.
v. t.
To measure by the span of the hand with the fingers extended, or with the fingers encompassing the object; as, to span a space or distance; to span a cylinder.
n.
The pope's triple crown. It was at first a round, high cap, but was afterward encompassed with a crown, subsequently with a second, and finally with a third. Fig.: The papal dignity.
n.
To clothe with, or as with, a vestment, or garment; to dress; to robe; to cover, surround, or encompass closely.
imp. & p. p.
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v. t.
To surround; to encircle; to encompass.
v. t.
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.
v. t.
To surround; to shut in; to confine on all sides; to include; to shut up; to encompass; as, to inclose a fort or an army with troops; to inclose a town with walls.
v. t.
To surround or encompass as with a wreath.
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