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Synonyms for encompasses

Grammar : Verb
Spell : en-kuhm-puh s
Phonetic Transcription : ɛnˈkʌm pəs

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Définition 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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