Definition of Encompasses

1. Verb. (third-person singular of encompass) ¹

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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 ..."

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