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Definitions for encircle
ɛnˈsɜr kəlen·cir·cle

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Princeton's WordNet

  1. encircle, circleverb

    form a circle around

    "encircle the errors"

  2. gird, encircleverb

    bind with something round or circular

Wiktionary

  1. encircleverb

    To surround, form a circle around.

Samuel Johnson's Dictionary

  1. To Encircleverb

    To surround; to environ; to inclose in a ring or circle; to enring.

    Etymology: from circle.

    That stranger-guest the Paphian realm obeys,
    A realm defended with encircling seas. Alexander Pope, Odyssey, b. i.

    Beneath a sculptur’d arch he sits inthron’d;
    The peers encircling, form an awful round. Alexander Pope, Odyssey.

Wikipedia

  1. Encircle

    Encircle is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization that provides support and counselling for LGBTQ+ students and their families at multiple locations in Utah.

ChatGPT

  1. encircle

    To encircle is to form a circle around something; surround completely. This can be in a physical, literal sense - such as troops encircling a city - or in a more metaphorical or abstract sense - such as feeling encircled by pressure or responsibilities.

Webster Dictionary

  1. Encircleverb

    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

Chambers 20th Century Dictionary

  1. Encircle

    en-sėrk′l, v.t. to enclose in a circle: to embrace: to pass round.—n. Encirc′ling.

Military Dictionary and Gazetteer

  1. encircle

    To pass around, as in a circle; to go or come round; as, the army encircled the city.

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of encircle in Chaldean Numerology is: 9

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of encircle in Pythagorean Numerology is: 6

Examples of encircle in a Sentence

  1. Steve Warren:

    They encircle the city almost like a boa constrictor.

  2. Pierre Teilhard de Chardin:

    The world is round so that friendship may encircle it.

  3. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu:

    Let's block Iran's other aggression in the region, because they're doing everything. They're trying to encircle Israel with a noose of death, they're sending weapons to the Houthis. They're in Iraq. They're in Afghanistan. They're all over the place. In Yemen, of course. Let's bolster those forces to stand up to Iran's aggression in the region, and none is stronger, none is more reliable than Israel.

  4. Steve Warren:

    Essentially, they encircle the city, almost like a boa constrictor, and they will then squeeze in closer and closer into that city until eventually they are able to finally clear it, as we saw in Ramadi.

  5. Steve Warren:

    The fight for Fallujah is ongoing. Right now the Iraqi Security Forces are approaching Fallujah from three directions, essentially, they encircle the city, almost like a boa constrictor, and they will then squeeze in closer and closer into that city until eventually they are able to finally clear it, as we saw in Ramadi.

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