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Grammar : Verb

Spell : en-kuhm-puh s

Phonetic Transcription : ɛnˈkʌm pəs

Definition of encompasses

Origin : 1550s, from en- (1) "make, put in" + compass. Related: Encompassed; encompasses; encompassing.

verb surround, circumscribe
verb include, contain

Example sentences :

A chain of hills, strong and high, encompasses it on all sides from sea to sea.
Extract from : « The First Four Books of Xenophon's Anabasis » by Xenophon

Windless it lies as it falls or rises out of Chaos that encompasses all.
Extract from : « The Masque of the Elements » by Herman Scheffauer

The sea, or ocean, is that vast tract of water which encompasses the whole earth.
Extract from : « The Book of Curiosities » by I. Platts

It is at their end as well as at their origin; it encompasses them, all round; it penetrates them, all through.
Extract from : « Theism » by Robert Flint

In the sense of Pythagoras, time is that sphere which encompasses the world.
Extract from : « Essays and Miscellanies » by Plutarch

This "encompasses us behind and before, and lays its hand upon us."
Extract from : « Recollections and Impressions » by Octavius Brooks Frothingham

It encompasses the child but it has no cheer for the stranger.
Extract from : « The Whole Armour of God » by John Henry Jowett

I believe in an unknown Force that encompasses me and hunts me down to the grave, but nothing more.
Extract from : « The Sorrows of Satan » by Marie Corelli

Proceeding thence south, it encompasses the island of Dahlak, which is not far from the western shore.
Extract from : « A General History and Collection of Voyages and Travels, Volume VI » by Robert Kerr

That which I mean is a large piece of an old wall, which encompasses all these structures last described.
Extract from : « Ruins of Ancient Cities (Vol. I of II) » by Charles Bucke

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