Definition of Encompass

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Definition of Encompass
	Encompass To circumscribe or go round so as to surround closely; to encircle; to inclose; to environ; as, a ring encompasses the finger; an army encompasses a city; a voyage encompassing the world. Related Definitions: An, Army, As, Circumscribe, City, Closely, Encircle, Encompassing, Environ, Finger, Go, Inclose, Or, Ring, Round, So, Surround, The, To, Voyage, World

Encompass Quotations

It is not enough for me to ask question; I want to know how to answer the one question that seems to encompass everything I face: What am I here for?
Abraham Joshua Heschel

As the earth spins through space, a view from above the North Pole would encompass most of the wealth of the world - most of its food, productive machines, doctors, engineers and teachers. A view from the opposite pole would encompass most of the world's poor.
Barry Commoner

It also is true that some ideas naturally work themselves out over a longer period of time than a single human life can encompass.
James Gunn

We are made for larger ends than Earth can encompass. Oh, let us be true to our exalted destiny.
Catherine Booth

Encompass Translations

encompass in French is cerner, cernez, cernons, cernent
encompass in German is umgeben
encompass in Italian is circondare
encompass in Latin is complexo
encompass in Spanish is rodear, circundar
encompass in Swedish is omgiva

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