encompass

1. (transitive) To form a circle around; to encircle.transitive

2. (transitive) To include within its scope; to circumscribe or go round so as to surround; to enclose; to contain.Examples: "his piercing inſtruments of ſight: Whose fiery circles beare encompaſſed A heauen of heauenly bodies in their Spheares:"; "Those trajectories encompassed absolute social extremes: the kings of France making their solemn entries into Paris through the Ludovician Arch of the Porte [...]"; "In order to address the systematic, processual character of interpersonal interactions — the larger mosaic of micro-level patterns — we must postulate subapparent but encompassing structures of social activity."Synonyms: embracetransitive

3. (transitive) To include completely; to describe fully or comprehensively.Examples: "This book on English grammar encompasses all irregular verbs."Synonyms: comprehendtransitive

4. (transitive) To go around, especially, to circumnavigate.Examples: "Drake encompassed the globe."transitive