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encircle

verb
/ɪnˈsɜːkl̩/UK/ɪnˈsɝkl̩/US

Etymology

From en- + circle.

  1. derived from κίρκος — “circle, ring”
  2. derived from circus — “circle, circus”
  3. derived from circulus
  4. derived from cercle
  5. inherited from circle
  6. formed as encircle — “en- + circle”

Definitions

  1. To surround, form a circle around.

    • "Friday!" she called out, bursting open the doors and quickly encircling her friend in the warmth of her arms.
    • […]two Russian armies would advance into East Prussia, one westward from the Niemen, the other northward from the Narew, with the object of encircling and immobilizing all enemy forces there.

  2. To move or go around completely.

    • It is also customary in the Orient and among Sephardim for the mourners to encircle the coffin of an erudite person seven times and recite Yoshayv besayter while making each circuit.

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Derived

encirclement, encircler, encirclet, encirclingly, unencircled

Vish — recursive loop

A definitional loop anchored at encircle. Each word in the ring is defined by the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself. Scroll to it and watch.

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A definitional loop anchored at encircle. Each word in the ring appears in the definition of the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself.

10 hops · closes at encircle

curated · pre-corpus. live cycle detection across the full graph is the next major milestone.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA