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American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition

  1. v. To form a circle or ring around; surround. See Synonyms at surround.
  2. v. To enclose; envelop.
  3. v. To constitute or include: a survey that encompassed a wide range of participants.
  4. v. To accomplish; achieve.

Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia

  1. To form a circle about; encircle.
  2. To environ; inclose; surround; shut in: as, the besieging army encompassed Jerusalem.
  3. To go or sail round: as, Drake encompassed the globe.
  4. To get into one's toils; get round; gain power over.
  5. To compass or bring about; accomplish.
  6. Synonyms To gird, invest, hem in, shut up.

Wiktionary

  1. v. transitive To form a circle around; to encircle.
  2. v. transitive To include within its scope; to circumscribe or go round so as to surround; to enclose; to contain.
  3. v. transitive To include completely; to describe fully or comprehensively.
  4. v. transitive To go around, especially, to circumnavigate.

GNU Webster's 1913

  1. v. To circumscribe or go round so as to surround closely; to encircle; to inclose; to environ

WordNet 3.0

  1. v. include in scope; include as part of something broader; have as one's sphere or territory

Etymologies

  1. en- +‎ compass (Wiktionary)

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