encompassmentn.
/ɛnˈkʌmpəsmənt/ rare.
1. The action of encompassing; †‘talking round’ a subject (obsolete rare).
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society > leisure > the arts > literature > style of language or writing > copiousness > [noun] > periphrasis or circumlocution
circumlocution?1518
ambage1532
periphrasis1533
circuition1542
circuit1552
notation1555
compassing1580
periphrase1589
ambush1601
encompassment1604
circumambulation1606
circling1623
perambulationa1652
roundaboutness1810
roundaboutation1812
ambagiosity1819
circumambulating1837
peripherization1926
1604 W. Shakespeare Hamlet ii. i. 10 Finding By this encompasment, and drift of question That they doe know my sonne. View more context for this quotation
2. The state of being encompassed.
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the world > space > relative position > condition of being external > surrounding > [noun] > state of being surrounded
circulation1656
encincture1881
encompassment1882
1882 Cent. Mag. Oct. 945 A sense of absolute encompassment by perfect good.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1891; most recently modified version published online June 2021).
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