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



Definition of encompassed

Origin :
  • 1550s, from en- (1) "make, put in" + compass. Related: Encompassed; encompasses; encompassing.
  • verb surround, circumscribe
  • verb include, contain
Example sentences :
  • All the afternoon they wandered about, until black night encompassed them.
  • Extract from : « King Philip » by John S. C. (John Stevens Cabot) Abbott
  • There was a wedge-shaped garden in front, and it was encompassed by chestnut-trees.
  • Extract from : « A Son of Hagar » by Sir Hall Caine
  • I felt I ought to marry her at once to shield her from the dangers that encompassed her.
  • Extract from : « The Trail of '98 » by Robert W. Service
  • They have encompassed them with gardens, and filled them with fountains.
  • Extract from : « Tancred » by Benjamin Disraeli
  • The top rises in a cone, or pyramid of stone, encompassed by battlements.
  • Extract from : « A Journey to the Western Isles of Scotland » by Samuel Johnson
  • The smiles that encompassed him seemed to him like mere grimacing.
  • Extract from : « The Nabob, Volume 1 (of 2) » by Alphonse Daudet
  • I was like a man in a dream, encompassed by invisible obstacles.
  • Extract from : « The Hand in the Dark » by Arthur J. Rees
  • From the cradle to the grave we are encompassed by the trust.
  • Extract from : « The Common Sense of Socialism » by John Spargo
  • Henceforth flight was impossible; the Indians had encompassed the island.
  • Extract from : « Wood Rangers » by Mayne Reid
  • Women were appointed by Augustus to sit in the portico, which encompassed the whole.
  • Extract from : « Museum of Antiquity » by L. W. Yaggy

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