encompass

Etymology

Definitions

1. 1

   To form a circle around

   To form a circle around; to encircle.

2. 2

   To include within its scope

   To include within its scope; to circumscribe or go round so as to surround; to enclose; to contain.

   • his piercing inſtruments of ſight: Whose fiery circles beare encompaſſed A heauen of heauenly bodies in their Spheares:
   • Those trajectories encompassed absolute social extremes: the kings of France making their solemn entries into Paris through the Ludovician Arch of the Porte [...]
   • In order to address the systematic, processual character of interpersonal interactions — the larger mosaic of micro-level patterns — we must postulate subapparent but encompassing structures of social activity.
3. 3

   To include completely

   To include completely; to describe fully or comprehensively.

   • This book on English grammar encompasses all irregular verbs.
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   1. 4

      To go around, especially, to circumnavigate.

      • Drake encompassed the globe.

The neighborhood

• neighborencompassment