Webster's 1828 Dictionary
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ENCOM'PASS, verb transitive [from compass.] To encircle; to surround; as, a ring encompasses the finger.
1. To environ; to inclose; to surround; to shut in. A besieging army encompassed the city of Jerusalem.
2. To go or sail round; as Drake encompassed the globe.
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