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| Grammar : Verb |
| Spell : en-sur-kuh l |
| Phonetic Transcription : ɛnˈsɜr kəl |
Definition of encircles
Origin :- c.1400, from en- (1) "make, put in" + circle. Related: Encircled; encircling; encirclement.
- verb circumscribe
- The frame of wood which encircles the upper part of the paddle-wheel.
- Extract from : « The Sailor's Word-Book » by William Henry Smyth
- From this, a wreath of "or" (gold) encircles the shield, reaching nearly the crest.
- Extract from : « Caudebec in America » by William Louis Cuddeback
- When heaven would save a man, it encircles him with compassion.
- Extract from : « Concord Days » by A. Bronson Alcott
- A tower broken by large openings, as in the Tower of Pisa, encircles it.
- Extract from : « Rodin: The Man and his Art » by Judith Cladel
- For the relation a crown has to him whom it encircles, the same the sea has to an island.
- Extract from : « Essays and Miscellanies » by Plutarch
- A broad and well-paved esplanade, 2½ m. long, encircles the shore.
- Extract from : « Somerset » by G.W. Wade and J.H. Wade
- This round is that part of the crown that encircles the head.
- Extract from : « Notes to Shakespeare, Volume III: The Tragedies » by Samuel Johnson
- The purifying flame shoots upward, and is the glory that encircles their brows when they meet above.
- Extract from : « Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, No. 327 » by Various
- The weapon is called the bolus, and flying through the air it encircles the legs of the guana, bringing it to the earth.
- Extract from : « Memoirs of My Dead Life » by George Moore
- The love which unites two hearts is like the ocean of Homer which encircles both halves of the earth.
- Extract from : « Homo Sum, Complete » by Georg Ebers
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