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Definition of Encompasses
1. encompass [v] - See also: encompass
Lexicographical Neighbors of Encompasses
encolures encomber encombered encombering encomberment encombers encomia encomiast encomiastic encomiasts | encomion encomium encomiums encore encored encores encoring encoubert encouberts |
Literary usage of Encompasses
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Journal of a Tour Through the United States, and in Canada, Made During the by Charles Giles Bridle Daubeny (1843)
"... that it looks more like a factor)' than a national institution, and is a sad
eyesore in the midst of the romantic scenery which encompasses it. ..."
2. Geological Travels by Jean André de LUC (1811)
"... side encompasses the gulph, and is bordered without by the wide strand above
described. I arrived at Wareham at seven o'clock; and as I intended to stay ..."