encompassv.

Brit.

/ᵻnˈkʌmpəs/,

/ɛnˈkʌmpəs/,

/ᵻŋˈkʌmpəs/,

/ɛŋˈkʌmpəs/, U.S.

/ᵻnˈkəmpəs/,

/ɛnˈkəmpəs/

Forms: Also 1500s–1700s incompass.

Etymology: < en- prefix¹ + compass n.¹, adj., and adv. Compounds 1; compare obsolete Spanish encompasar of equivalent formation.

1. To encircle as a ring or girdle; to surround, bound on all sides.

ΘΚΠ

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

umbelapa1350

embracec1360

betrendc1374

circlec1374

umbecasta1375

to give about1382

environa1393

umbeclipa1395

compassa1400

encircle?a1400

enourle?a1400

umbegivea1400

umbeseta1400

umbeliec1400

umbetighc1400

enroundc1420

measurec1425

umbsteadc1450

adviron?1473

purprise1481

umbeviron1489

belta1500

girtha1500

overgirda1500

engirt15..

envirea1513

round?a1513

brace1513

umbereach1513

becompass1520

circuea1533

girtc1540

umbsetc1540

circule1553

encompass1555

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

α.

1555 R. Eden tr. Peter Martyr of Angleria Decades of Newe Worlde iii. vi. f. 118^v The northe landes whiche the frosen sea encompaseth vnder the northe pole.

1697 J. Dryden tr. Virgil Georgics iv, in tr. Virgil Wks. 143 Baleful Styx encompasses around..th' unhappy ground.

1725 D. Defoe New Voy. round World i. 142 A Kind of a City, incompass'd..all round; the River making a Kind of double Horse shoe.

1787 W. Withering Bot. Arrangem. Brit. Plants (ed. 2) I. 460 Some encompassed with a membranaceous border, deeper than half the breadth of the seed.

1872 H. I. Jenkinson Guide Eng. Lake Distr. 251 Behind are the mountains encompassing Borrowdale.

β. a1599 E. Spenser View State Ireland 55 in J. Ware Two Hist. Ireland (1633) You have very well declared the originall of their mounts and great stones incompassed.1652 M. Nedham tr. J. Selden Of Dominion of Sea 79 This Dominion..incompassed their Empire round like a girdle.1659 H. Hammond Paraphr. & Annot. Psalms (lx. Paraphr.) 304 Part of Syria which is incompast with Tigris and Euphrates.1723 Sheffield Wks. (1753) II. 221 My iron pallisade that incompasses a square court.

a. Of persons: To surround, form a circle about, whether for protection, in attendance, or with hostile intent. Also figurative. Also absol.

ΘΚΠ

the world > space > relative position > condition of being external > surrounding > surround or lie around [verb (transitive)] > as people

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environc1384

compass1388

encompass1555

ringa1592

enclose1611

gird1671

envelop1683

α.

1555 R. Eden tr. Peter Martyr of Angleria Decades of Newe Worlde ii. i. f. 52^v Encoompasinge the vyllage where they laye.

1667 J. Milton Paradise Lost iii. 149 Th' innumerable sound Of Hymns..wherewith thy Throne Encompass'd shall resound thee ever blest.

1704 J. Swift Tale of Tub ii. 57 Encompass'd with a Ring of Disciples.

1781 E. Gibbon Decline & Fall II. xxx. 258 His throne was encompassed with domestic enemies.

1850 Ld. Tennyson In Memoriam cxxiv. 194 I..sleep Encompass'd by his faithful guard.

β. 1590 E. Webbe Rare & Wonderfull Things (new ed.) sig. B3^v The Turkes power did incompasse Prester Iohns sonne.a1616 W. Shakespeare Henry VI, Pt. 1 (1623) iii. v. 13 Hag of all despight, Incompass'd with thy lustfull Paramours.a1699 A. Halkett Autobiogr. (1875) 72 I was now Incompased with misfortunes.

†b. Of right lines: To contain, include (an angle). Obsolete. rare.

ΘΚΠ

the world > relative properties > number > geometry > line > linearize [verb (transitive)] > contain

comprehend1535

encompass1660

1660 tr. I. Barrow Euclide's Elements i. 37 The sides A B, A C encompassing the right angle.

†3. To make a circuit about, go all round (anything). Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

the world > movement > motion in a certain direction > movement in circle or curve > cause to move in circle or curve [verb (transitive)] > move in circle round something

umgoa1300

compassc1384

gyrec1420

environ?a1425

circuitc1550

revolve1559

circle1582

to put (also make, cast) a girdle (round) about1600

encirclea1616

encompass1640

whirla1657

circulate1685

gird1688

circumgyrate1868

society > travel > aspects of travel > travel in specific course or direction > direct (one's course, steps, etc.) [verb (transitive)] > make circuit of

viron1382

compassc1384

umbecastc1400

circuea1450

circuitc1550

circle1582

circum-pass1588

round1591

surround1638

encompass1640

circumvent1840

circuitize1846

to make or go the circuit ofa1876

girdle1901

orbit1946

1640 Bp. J. Wilkins Disc. New Planet (1707) vii. 216 The Planets..do by their Motion encompass the Body of the Sun.

1654 E. Gayton Pleasant Notes Don Quixot iv. iv. 192 Drake encompass'd the world with a ship.

1726 J. Swift Gulliver II. iii. i. 8 I encompassed it almost round before I could find a convenient Place to land in.

1790 Coll. Voy. round World IV. ii. 1275 Mr. Gore encompassed the hill, and joined them.

4. To surround entirely, overlay as with an envelope or shell; to contain.

ΘΚΠ

the world > space > relative position > condition of being external > covering > wrapping > wrap [verb (transitive)] > enfold or envelop

befolda1000

umbefold14..

foldc1394

umbeclipa1395

involvea1420

overfold?1440

warp1513

overroll1548

encompass1553

invest1578

immantle1585

enrol1590

imply1590

circumvest1599

circumvestite1599

enfold1599

convolve1601

shadow1608

overlapc1612

enwreathe1620

obvele1654

obside1695

integument1883

1553 R. Eden tr. S. Münster Treat. Newe India sig. Kj^v A thinne skinne..encompassing the shell of the nutte.

1571 T. Digges in L. Digges's Geom. Pract.: Pantometria xxv. sig. Ggij This figure..may be incompassed of a sphere.

1626 F. Bacon Sylua Syluarum §587 A Stalk of Wheat..encompassed with a case of Wood.

1650 R. Baxter Saints Everlasting Rest (1662) i. vii. 102 Had onely Faith to live upon, and were incompassed with flesh.

1678 T. Hobbes Decameron Physiologicum ix. 115 I thought nothing had encompassed the Earth but Air.

1794 G. Adams Lect. Nat. & Exper. Philos. I. i. 20 They are kept together by the air that incompasses them in the receiver.

1875 H. E. Manning Internal Mission of Holy Ghost vii. 192 Walk in the light with which He encompasses you.

†5. To outwit, take advantage of, ‘get round’ (a person). Obsolete.Apparently an isolated use.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > conformity with what is known, truth > deceit, deception, trickery > cheating, fraud > treat fraudulently, cheat [verb (transitive)] > outwit, get the better of

undergoa1325

circumvene1526

crossbitec1555

circumvent1564

gleek1577

outreach1579

fob1583

overreach1594

fub1600

encompassa1616

out-craftya1616

out-knave1648

mump1649

jockey1708

come1721

nail1735

slew1813

Jew1825

to sew up1837

to play (it) low down (on)1864

outfox1872

beat1873

outcraft1879

to get a beat on1889

old soldier1892

to put one over1905

to get one over on1912

to get one over1921

outsmart1926

shaft1959

a1616 W. Shakespeare Merry Wives of Windsor (1623) ii. ii. 149 Ah ha, Mistresse Ford and Mistresse Page, haue I encompass'd you?

6. Used for compass v.¹ 2.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > will > intention > planning > plan [verb (transitive)]

forethinkc897

bethinka1225

compass1297

contrivec1330

ordain1340

conjectc1380

imaginec1380

cast1382

ordaina1387

advisec1400

forecast1413

imagec1450

ordainc1450

project1477

foreminda1535

invent1539

aimc1540

practise1550

plat1556

trive1573

meditate1582

patterna1586

plot1589

platform1592

design1594

chew1600

forelay1605

to map out1618

to cut out1619

agitate1629

laya1631

plod1631

cut1645

calculate1654

concert1702

to scheme out1716

plan1718

model1725

to rough out1738

to lay out1741

plan1755

prethink1760

shape1823

programme1834

pre-plan1847

encompass1882

target1948

1882 P. Robinson Under Sun iii. v. 201 Whatever the method employed for encompassing his death.

1889 C. E. Cameron Lost Wife I. iv. 69 What earthly reason could Captain Thistleby have for encompassing my destruction?

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1891; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	encompass
释义	encompassv. Brit. /ᵻnˈkʌmpəs/, /ɛnˈkʌmpəs/, /ᵻŋˈkʌmpəs/, /ɛŋˈkʌmpəs/, U.S. /ᵻnˈkəmpəs/, /ɛnˈkəmpəs/ Forms: Also 1500s–1700s incompass. Etymology: < en- prefix¹ + compass n.¹, adj., and adv. Compounds 1; compare obsolete Spanish encompasar of equivalent formation. 1. To encircle as a ring or girdle; to surround, bound on all sides. ΘΚΠ 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 umbelapa1350 embracec1360 betrendc1374 circlec1374 umbecasta1375 to give about1382 environa1393 umbeclipa1395 compassa1400 encircle?a1400 enourle?a1400 umbegivea1400 umbeseta1400 umbeliec1400 umbetighc1400 enroundc1420 measurec1425 umbsteadc1450 adviron?1473 purprise1481 umbeviron1489 belta1500 girtha1500 overgirda1500 engirt15.. envirea1513 round?a1513 brace1513 umbereach1513 becompass1520 circuea1533 girtc1540 umbsetc1540 circule1553 encompass1555 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 α. 1555 R. Eden tr. Peter Martyr of Angleria Decades of Newe Worlde iii. vi. f. 118^v The northe landes whiche the frosen sea encompaseth vnder the northe pole. 1697 J. Dryden tr. Virgil Georgics iv, in tr. Virgil Wks. 143 Baleful Styx encompasses around..th' unhappy ground. View more context for this quotation 1725 D. Defoe New Voy. round World i. 142 A Kind of a City, incompass'd..all round; the River making a Kind of double Horse shoe. 1787 W. Withering Bot. Arrangem. Brit. Plants (ed. 2) I. 460 Some encompassed with a membranaceous border, deeper than half the breadth of the seed. 1872 H. I. Jenkinson Guide Eng. Lake Distr. 251 Behind are the mountains encompassing Borrowdale. β. a1599 E. Spenser View State Ireland 55 in J. Ware Two Hist. Ireland (1633) You have very well declared the originall of their mounts and great stones incompassed.1652 M. Nedham tr. J. Selden Of Dominion of Sea 79 This Dominion..incompassed their Empire round like a girdle.1659 H. Hammond Paraphr. & Annot. Psalms (lx. Paraphr.) 304 Part of Syria which is incompast with Tigris and Euphrates.1723 Sheffield Wks. (1753) II. 221 My iron pallisade that incompasses a square court. 2. a. Of persons: To surround, form a circle about, whether for protection, in attendance, or with hostile intent. Also figurative. Also absol. ΘΚΠ the world > space > relative position > condition of being external > surrounding > surround or lie around [verb (transitive)] > as people bitrumc1000 environc1384 compass1388 encompass1555 ringa1592 enclose1611 gird1671 envelop1683 α. 1555 R. Eden tr. Peter Martyr of Angleria Decades of Newe Worlde ii. i. f. 52^v Encoompasinge the vyllage where they laye. 1667 J. Milton Paradise Lost iii. 149 Th' innumerable sound Of Hymns..wherewith thy Throne Encompass'd shall resound thee ever blest. View more context for this quotation 1704 J. Swift Tale of Tub ii. 57 Encompass'd with a Ring of Disciples. 1781 E. Gibbon Decline & Fall II. xxx. 258 His throne was encompassed with domestic enemies. 1850 Ld. Tennyson In Memoriam cxxiv. 194 I..sleep Encompass'd by his faithful guard. View more context for this quotation β. 1590 E. Webbe Rare & Wonderfull Things (new ed.) sig. B3^v The Turkes power did incompasse Prester Iohns sonne.a1616 W. Shakespeare Henry VI, Pt. 1 (1623) iii. v. 13 Hag of all despight, Incompass'd with thy lustfull Paramours.a1699 A. Halkett Autobiogr. (1875) 72 I was now Incompased with misfortunes. †b. Of right lines: To contain, include (an angle). Obsolete. rare. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > number > geometry > line > linearize [verb (transitive)] > contain comprehend1535 encompass1660 1660 tr. I. Barrow Euclide's Elements i. 37 The sides A B, A C encompassing the right angle. †3. To make a circuit about, go all round (anything). Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the world > movement > motion in a certain direction > movement in circle or curve > cause to move in circle or curve [verb (transitive)] > move in circle round something umgoa1300 compassc1384 gyrec1420 environ?a1425 circuitc1550 revolve1559 circle1582 to put (also make, cast) a girdle (round) about1600 encirclea1616 encompass1640 whirla1657 circulate1685 gird1688 circumgyrate1868 society > travel > aspects of travel > travel in specific course or direction > direct (one's course, steps, etc.) [verb (transitive)] > make circuit of viron1382 compassc1384 umbecastc1400 circuea1450 circuitc1550 circle1582 circum-pass1588 round1591 surround1638 encompass1640 circumvent1840 circuitize1846 to make or go the circuit ofa1876 girdle1901 orbit1946 1640 Bp. J. Wilkins Disc. New Planet (1707) vii. 216 The Planets..do by their Motion encompass the Body of the Sun. 1654 E. Gayton Pleasant Notes Don Quixot iv. iv. 192 Drake encompass'd the world with a ship. 1726 J. Swift Gulliver II. iii. i. 8 I encompassed it almost round before I could find a convenient Place to land in. 1790 Coll. Voy. round World IV. ii. 1275 Mr. Gore encompassed the hill, and joined them. 4. To surround entirely, overlay as with an envelope or shell; to contain. ΘΚΠ the world > space > relative position > condition of being external > covering > wrapping > wrap [verb (transitive)] > enfold or envelop befolda1000 umbefold14.. foldc1394 umbeclipa1395 involvea1420 overfold?1440 warp1513 overroll1548 encompass1553 invest1578 immantle1585 enrol1590 imply1590 circumvest1599 circumvestite1599 enfold1599 convolve1601 shadow1608 overlapc1612 enwreathe1620 obvele1654 obside1695 integument1883 1553 R. Eden tr. S. Münster Treat. Newe India sig. Kj^v A thinne skinne..encompassing the shell of the nutte. 1571 T. Digges in L. Digges's Geom. Pract.: Pantometria xxv. sig. Ggij This figure..may be incompassed of a sphere. 1626 F. Bacon Sylua Syluarum §587 A Stalk of Wheat..encompassed with a case of Wood. 1650 R. Baxter Saints Everlasting Rest (1662) i. vii. 102 Had onely Faith to live upon, and were incompassed with flesh. 1678 T. Hobbes Decameron Physiologicum ix. 115 I thought nothing had encompassed the Earth but Air. 1794 G. Adams Lect. Nat. & Exper. Philos. I. i. 20 They are kept together by the air that incompasses them in the receiver. 1875 H. E. Manning Internal Mission of Holy Ghost vii. 192 Walk in the light with which He encompasses you. †5. To outwit, take advantage of, ‘get round’ (a person). Obsolete.Apparently an isolated use. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > conformity with what is known, truth > deceit, deception, trickery > cheating, fraud > treat fraudulently, cheat [verb (transitive)] > outwit, get the better of undergoa1325 circumvene1526 crossbitec1555 circumvent1564 gleek1577 outreach1579 fob1583 overreach1594 fub1600 encompassa1616 out-craftya1616 out-knave1648 mump1649 jockey1708 come1721 nail1735 slew1813 Jew1825 to sew up1837 to play (it) low down (on)1864 outfox1872 beat1873 outcraft1879 to get a beat on1889 old soldier1892 to put one over1905 to get one over on1912 to get one over1921 outsmart1926 shaft1959 a1616 W. Shakespeare Merry Wives of Windsor (1623) ii. ii. 149 Ah ha, Mistresse Ford and Mistresse Page, haue I encompass'd you? View more context for this quotation 6. Used for compass v.¹ 2. ΘΚΠ the mind > will > intention > planning > plan [verb (transitive)] forethinkc897 bethinka1225 compass1297 contrivec1330 ordain1340 conjectc1380 imaginec1380 cast1382 ordaina1387 advisec1400 forecast1413 imagec1450 ordainc1450 project1477 foreminda1535 invent1539 aimc1540 practise1550 plat1556 trive1573 meditate1582 patterna1586 plot1589 platform1592 design1594 chew1600 forelay1605 to map out1618 to cut out1619 agitate1629 laya1631 plod1631 cut1645 calculate1654 concert1702 to scheme out1716 plan1718 model1725 to rough out1738 to lay out1741 plan1755 prethink1760 shape1823 programme1834 pre-plan1847 encompass1882 target1948 1882 P. Robinson Under Sun iii. v. 201 Whatever the method employed for encompassing his death. 1889 C. E. Cameron Lost Wife I. iv. 69 What earthly reason could Captain Thistleby have for encompassing my destruction? This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1891; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < v.1553
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