'Encircle' definitions:
Definition of 'encircle'
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Definition of 'Encircle'
From: GCIDE
- Encircle \En*cir"cle\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Encircled; p. pr. & vb. n. Encircling.] [Pref. en- + circle: cf. OF. encercler.] To form a circle about; to inclose within a circle or ring; to surround; as, to encircle one in the arms; the army encircled the city. [1913 Webster]
- Her brows encircled with his serpent rod. --Parnell.
- Syn: To encompass; surround; environ; inclose. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'encircle'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- admit,
- assimilate,
- band,
- begird,
- beleaguer,
- belt,
- belt in,
- beset,
- besiege,
- blockade,
- bound,
- box in,
- cage,
- chamber,
- cincture,
- circle,
- circuit,
- circuiteer,
- circulate,
- circumambulate,
- circummigrate,
- circumnavigate,
- circumvent,
- close in,
- close the circle,
- come full circle,
- compass,
- complete,
- comprehend,
- comprise,
- confine,
- contain,
- coop,
- coop in,
- coop up,
- cordon,
- cordon off,
- corral,
- count in,
- cover,
- cycle,
- describe a circle,
- embody,
- embrace,
- encincture,
- enclose,
- encompass,
- engird,
- enshrine,
- ensphere,
- envelop,
- environ,
- envisage,
- fence in,
- fill,
- fill in,
- fill out,
- flank,
- gird,
- girdle,
- girdle the globe,
- go about,
- go around,
- go round,
- go the round,
- gyre,
- halo,
- harass,
- harry,
- hedge in,
- hem,
- hem in,
- hold,
- hold in,
- house in,
- impound,
- imprison,
- incarcerate,
- include,
- incorporate,
- invest,
- jail,
- kennel,
- lap,
- lay siege to,
- leaguer,
- loop,
- make a circuit,
- mew,
- mew up,
- number among,
- occupy,
- orbit,
- pen,
- pen in,
- pocket,
- quarantine,
- rail in,
- receive,
- reckon among,
- reckon in,
- reckon with,
- revolve,
- ring,
- round,
- shrine,
- shut in,
- shut up,
- skirt,
- soften up,
- spiral,
- stable,
- surround,
- take in,
- take into account,
- take into consideration,
- take up,
- twine around,
- wall in,
- wheel,
- wrap,
- wreathe,
- wreathe around,
- yard,
- yard up,
- zone