'Encompassment' definitions:
Definition of 'encompassment'
(from WordNet)
noun
Including entirely
Definition of 'Encompassment'
From: GCIDE
- Encompassment \En*com"pass*ment\, n. The act of surrounding, or the state of being surrounded; circumvention. [1913 Webster]
- By this encompassment and drift of question. --Shak. [1913 Webster]