Encircled
from
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
Encircle \En*cir"cle\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Encircled}; p. pr. &
vb. n. {Encircling}.] [Pref. en- + circle: cf. OF.
encercler.]
To form a circle about; to inclose within a circle or ring;
to surround; as, to encircle one in the arms; the army
encircled the city.
[1913 Webster]
Her brows encircled with his serpent rod. --Parnell.
Syn: To encompass; surround; environ; inclose.
[1913 Webster]
from
Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0
23 Moby Thesaurus words for "encircled":
begirt, belted, cinctured, circled, circumscribed, circumscript,
defined, definite, delimited, demarcated, determinate, determined,
encinctured, fixed, girdled, girt, hedged about, ringed, set,
specific, stated, surrounded, zoned
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