See encompass in Webster's New World Roget's A-Z Thesaurus II
verb
To encircle with or as if with a band:
band1, begird, belt, cincture, compass, engirdle, gird, girdle, girt, ring1. (Archaic) engird. See edgeTo shut in on all sides:
begird, beset, circle, compass, encircle, environ, gird, girdle, hedge, hem, ring1, surround. See openTo have as a part:
comprehend, comprise, contain, embody, embrace, have, include, involve, subsume, take in. See include
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