'Encompass' definitions:
Definition of 'encompass'
(from WordNet)
verb
Include in scope; include as part of something broader; have as one's sphere or territory; "This group encompasses a wide range of people from different backgrounds"; "this should cover everyone in the group" [syn: embrace, encompass, comprehend, cover]
Definition of 'Encompass'
From: GCIDE
- Encompass \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. [1913 Webster]
- A question may be encompassed with difficulty. --C. J. Smith. [1913 Webster]
- The love of all thy sons encompass thee. --Tennyson.
- Syn: To encircle; inclose; surround; include; environ; invest; hem in; shut up. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'encompass'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- accouple,
- accumulate,
- add,
- admit,
- agglutinate,
- amalgamate,
- amass,
- articulate,
- assemble,
- assimilate,
- associate,
- band,
- beleaguer,
- beset,
- besiege,
- blend,
- blockade,
- bond,
- bound,
- box in,
- bracket,
- bridge,
- bridge over,
- cage,
- carry,
- cement,
- chain,
- chamber,
- circle,
- circuit,
- circuiteer,
- circulate,
- circumambulate,
- circummigrate,
- circumnavigate,
- circumvent,
- clap together,
- close,
- close in,
- close the circle,
- coalesce,
- collect,
- combine,
- come full circle,
- come together,
- compass,
- compass about,
- complete,
- compound,
- comprehend,
- comprise,
- concatenate,
- conglobulate,
- conjoin,
- conjugate,
- connect,
- consolidate,
- contain,
- coop,
- coop in,
- coop up,
- copulate,
- cordon,
- cordon off,
- corral,
- count in,
- couple,
- cover,
- cycle,
- delimit,
- describe a circle,
- embay,
- embody,
- embosom,
- embrace,
- encircle,
- enclasp,
- enclose,
- enfold,
- enshrine,
- envelop,
- environ,
- envisage,
- enwrap,
- extend,
- fence in,
- fill,
- fill in,
- fill out,
- flank,
- flux,
- fuse,
- gather,
- gird,
- girdle,
- girdle the globe,
- glue,
- go,
- go about,
- go around,
- go out,
- go round,
- go the round,
- gyre,
- harass,
- harry,
- have,
- hedge in,
- hem,
- hem in,
- hold,
- house in,
- impound,
- imprison,
- incarcerate,
- include,
- incorporate,
- integrate,
- interblend,
- interfuse,
- invest,
- involve,
- jail,
- join,
- kennel,
- knot,
- lap,
- lay siege to,
- lay together,
- league,
- leaguer,
- lie,
- link,
- lump together,
- make a circuit,
- make one,
- marry,
- marshal,
- mass,
- meld,
- melt into one,
- merge,
- mew,
- mew up,
- mix,
- mobilize,
- number among,
- occupy,
- orbit,
- pair,
- pen,
- pen in,
- piece together,
- pocket,
- put together,
- quarantine,
- rail in,
- range,
- reach,
- reach out,
- receive,
- reckon among,
- reckon in,
- reckon with,
- reembody,
- revolve,
- ring,
- roll into one,
- round,
- run,
- shade into,
- shrine,
- shut in,
- shut up,
- skirt,
- soften up,
- solder,
- solidify,
- span,
- spiral,
- splice,
- spread,
- stable,
- stick together,
- straddle,
- stretch,
- stretch out,
- subsume,
- surround,
- sweep,
- syncretize,
- syndicate,
- synthesize,
- take in,
- take into account,
- take into consideration,
- take up,
- tape,
- thrust out,
- tie,
- unify,
- unite,
- wall in,
- weld,
- wheel,
- wrap,
- yard,
- yard up,
- yoke