- encompass, surround
- حاطَ (بِـ) \ encompass, surround.
Arabic-English glossary. 2015.
encompass, surround
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encompass — *surround, environ, encircle, circle, compass, hem, gird, girdle, ring Analogous words: envelop, *enclose, wall: circumscribe, confine (see LIMIT) … New Dictionary of Synonyms
surround — surround, *environ, encircle, circle, encompass, compass, hem, gird, girdle, ring can mean to close in or as if in a ring about something. Surround is a general term without specific connotations; it implies enclosure as if by a circle or a ring… … New Dictionary of Synonyms
Encompass — En*com pass, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Encompassed}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Encompassing}.] To circumscribe or go round so as to surround closely; to encircle; to inclose; to environ; as, a ring encompasses the finger; an army encompasses a city; a voyage… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
encompass — I (include) verb adscribere, complecti, comprise, consist of, contain, continere, cover, embrace, hold, incorporate, span, subsume, take in associated concepts: encompass a broad cross section of the law II (surround) verb be circum … Law dictionary
Surround — Sur*round , v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Surrounded}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Surrounding}.] [OF. suronder to overflow, LL. superundare; fr. L. super over + undare to rise in waves, overflow, fr. unda wave. The English sense is due to the influence of E. round … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
encompass — [v1] surround, circumscribe beset, circle, compass, encircle, enclose, envelop, environ, gird, girdle, hem in, ring; concept 758 encompass [v2] include, contain admit, comprehend, comprise, cover, embody, embrace, have, hold, incorporate, involve … New thesaurus
encompass — [en kum′pəs, inkum′pəs] vt. 1. to shut in all around; surround; encircle 2. to contain; include 3. to bring about; achieve; contrive [to encompass its destruction] encompassment n … English World dictionary
surround — [sə round′] vt. [ME surrounden, altered (as if < sur ,SUR 1 + round) < surunden, to overflow < OFr suronder < LL superundare < L super (see SUPER ) + undare, to move in waves, rise < unda, a wave (see WATER)] 1. to cause to be… … English World dictionary
encompass — ► VERB 1) surround and have or hold within. 2) include comprehensively … English terms dictionary
surround — [v] enclose, encircle something beleaguer, beset, besiege, blockade, border, bound, box in, circle, circumscribe, circumvent, close around, close in, close in on, compass, confine, edge, enclave, encompass, envelop, environ, fence in, fringe,… … New thesaurus
encompass — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) v. t. surround, encircle; contain. See inclusion, environment. II (Roget s IV) v. 1. [To surround] Syn. encircle, compass, gird, envelop; see surround 1 , 2 . 2. [To include] Syn. embrace, comprise,… … English dictionary for students
