[1] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

encompass \encom"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 encompassing the
   world. --shak.
   1913 webster

         a question may be encompassed with difficulty. --c. j.
                                                  smith.
   1913 webster

         the love of all thy sons encompass thee. --tennyson.

   syn: to encircle; inclose; surround; include; environ;
        invest; hem in; shut up.
        1913 webster
see also:
encompassed encompassing 

[2] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

encompassing \encompassing\ adj.
   closely enveloping or surrounding on all sides.

   syn: ambient, enveloping, surroundingprenominal.
        wordnet 1.5

[3] : WordNet (r) 2.0

encompassing
     adj 1: broad in scope or content; "across-the-board pay increases";
            "an all-embracing definition"; "blanket sanctions
            against human-rights violators"; "an invention with
            broad applications"; "a panoptic study of soviet
            nationality"- t.g.winner; "granted him wide powers"
            syn: across-the-board, all-embracing, all-encompassing,
             all-inclusive, blanketa, broad, panoptic, wide
     2: closely encircling; "encompassing mountain ranges"; "the
        surrounding countryside" syn: encompassinga, surroundinga
see also:
across-the-board all-embracing all-encompassing all-inclusive blanketa broad 
panoptic wide encompassinga surroundinga 

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