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encompass

[ en-kuhm-puhs ]

Phonetic (Standard)IPA

verb (used with object)

to form a circle about; encircle; surround:
He built a moat to encompass the castle.
to enclose; envelop:
The folds of a great cloak encompassed her person.
to include comprehensively:
a work that encompasses the entire range of the world's religious beliefs.
Obsolete. to outwit.

encompass

/ ɪnˈkʌmpəs /

to enclose within a circle; surround
to bring about; cause to happen; contrive
he encompassed the enemy's ruin
to include entirely or comprehensively
this book encompasses the whole range of knowledge

First recorded in 1545–55; en- ¹ + compass

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Cormac McCarthy once said that a novel can “encompass all the various disciplines and interests of humanity.”

The book is, unsurprisingly, a satire—no other genre could encompass two such divergent topics.

Cultural attitudes toward marriage have unquestionably shifted during the past half century, but those changes encompass everyone.

The original meaning, of course, did not encompass black people.

It is too much loaded with detail to be distinct; and the canvas is too large for the eye to encompass.

The Arii are situated by the side of the Drangæ both on the north and west, and nearly encompass them.

Ranges of grey and barren hills encompass the valley; the ground is for the most part covered with sand and gravel.

Your ladyship, so I understand, is at this moment under the impression that I desire to encompass—shall I say?

You may advise me how to walk amid the dangers which encompass me.

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