Hypertext Webster Gateway: "encircled"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
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.
Her brows encircled with his serpent rod. --Parnell.
Syn: To encompass; surround; environ; inclose.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
encircled
adj 1: confined on all sides; "a camp surrounded by enemies"; "the
encircled pioneers" [syn: {surrounded}]
2: enclosed within a circle; "the encircled camp was complete
cut off"
3: adorned or crowned with a circlet; sometimes used as
combining forms; "a brow encircled with laurel"; "wreathed
in an extraordinary luminescence"; "ringed round with
daisies"; "smoke-wreathed" [syn: {ringed}, {wreathed}]
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