encincturen.
rare.
The process of surrounding as with a girdle; the fact of being so surrounded: concrete an enclosure.
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the world > space > relative position > condition of being external > enclosing or enclosure > [noun] > an enclosed space or place
lockOE
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cloisterc1300
purseynta1325
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closera1400
blokc1400
procinct1422
parclosea1470
enterclose1480
enclose1483
closure1496
sept1548
enclosure1552
shut1605
cincture1627
precinct1774
encincture1849
zariba1885
the world > space > relative position > condition of being external > surrounding > [noun] > state of being surrounded
circulation1656
encincture1881
encompassment1882
1849 W. Wordsworth Excursion v, in Poet. Wks. VII. 171 The chancel only showed..marks of earthly state..with the Encincture's special sanctity But ill according.
1881 H. G. Hewlett in 19th Cent. Aug. 296 The encincture of Kent on two or even three sides with water.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1891; most recently modified version published online June 2019).
encincturev.
/ɛnˈsɪŋktjʊə/ transitive. To surround with, or as with, a belt or girdle; to girdle.
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the world > space > relative position > condition of being external > surrounding > surround or lie around [verb (transitive)]
befong971
beclipc1000
begoc1000
belieOE
bestandc1000
to go about ——OE
umbegangc1200
behema1250
befallc1275
berunc1275
girdc1290
bihalvena1300
umlapa1300
umlaya1300
umlouka1300
umbegoc1300
belayc1320
halsea1340
enclose1340
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embracec1360
betrendc1374
circlec1374
umbecasta1375
to give about1382
environa1393
umbeclipa1395
compassa1400
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enourle?a1400
umbegivea1400
umbeseta1400
umbeliec1400
umbetighc1400
enroundc1420
measurec1425
umbsteadc1450
adviron?1473
purprise1481
umbeviron1489
belta1500
girtha1500
overgirda1500
engirt15..
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round?a1513
brace1513
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becompass1520
circuea1533
girtc1540
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circulate?a1560
ingyre1568
to do about1571
engird1573
circumdate1578
succinge1578
employ1579
circuate1581
girdle1582
wheel1582
circumgyre1583
enring1589
ringa1592
embail1593
enfold1596
invier1596
stem1596
circumcingle1599
ingert1599
engirdle1602
circulize1603
circumscribe1605
begirt1608
to go round1610
enwheela1616
surround1616
shingle1621
encirculize1624
circumviron1632
beround1643
orba1644
circumference1646
becircle1648
incircuitc1650
circumcinge1657
circumtend1684
besiege1686
cincture1789
zone1795
cravat1814
encincture1820
circumvent1824
begirdle1837
perambulate1863
cordon1891
1820 P. B. Shelley Prometheus Unbound ii. iii. 78 Encinctured by the dark and blooming forests.
1839 Fraser's Mag. 20 44 Clusters of fire-flies..encinctured the green foliage.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1891; most recently modified version published online September 2021).
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