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- - encipher
  - encircle
  - encl.
  - enclave
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Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
encompass /ɪnˈkʌmpəs, ɛn-/

▶verb

1 surround and have or hold within.
■ include comprehensively.

2 archaic cause to take place.

– derivatives
encompassment noun.

'encompass' also found in these Oxford entries:

circumstance - comprehend - illegal - oversoul - take

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