† encompassuren.
Obsolete. rare.
That which encompasses; environment.
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the world > space > relative position > condition of being external > surrounding > [noun] > that which surrounds > a surrounding space or area > totality of surroundings or environment
circumstancea1340
encompassure1600
environry1600
vironry1600
attendment1646
circumambiency1646
ambience1648
environment1725
circumjacency1751
environ1762
environage1831
setting1841
enshrinement1849
entourage1850
milieu1854
surroundings1861
ambiente1862
mise-en-scène1871
surround1922
Umwelt1964
1600 C. Tourneur Transformed Metamorph. sig. D4 Fogs, damps, trees, stones, their sole encompassure.
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