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| Grammar : Verb |
| Spell : en-kuhm-puh s |
| Phonetic Transcription : ɛnˈkʌm pəs |
Definition of encompassed
Origin :- 1550s, from en- (1) "make, put in" + compass. Related: Encompassed; encompasses; encompassing.
- verb surround, circumscribe
- verb include, contain
- All the afternoon they wandered about, until black night encompassed them.
- Extract from : « King Philip » by John S. C. (John Stevens Cabot) Abbott
- There was a wedge-shaped garden in front, and it was encompassed by chestnut-trees.
- Extract from : « A Son of Hagar » by Sir Hall Caine
- I felt I ought to marry her at once to shield her from the dangers that encompassed her.
- Extract from : « The Trail of '98 » by Robert W. Service
- They have encompassed them with gardens, and filled them with fountains.
- Extract from : « Tancred » by Benjamin Disraeli
- The top rises in a cone, or pyramid of stone, encompassed by battlements.
- Extract from : « A Journey to the Western Isles of Scotland » by Samuel Johnson
- The smiles that encompassed him seemed to him like mere grimacing.
- Extract from : « The Nabob, Volume 1 (of 2) » by Alphonse Daudet
- I was like a man in a dream, encompassed by invisible obstacles.
- Extract from : « The Hand in the Dark » by Arthur J. Rees
- From the cradle to the grave we are encompassed by the trust.
- Extract from : « The Common Sense of Socialism » by John Spargo
- Henceforth flight was impossible; the Indians had encompassed the island.
- Extract from : « Wood Rangers » by Mayne Reid
- Women were appointed by Augustus to sit in the portico, which encompassed the whole.
- Extract from : « Museum of Antiquity » by L. W. Yaggy
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