The love of all thy sons encompass thee.
Tennyson.
Syn. -- To encircle; inclose; surround; include; environ; invest; hem in; shut up.
En*com"pass*ment (?), n. The act of surrounding, or the state of being surrounded; circumvention.
By this encompassment and drift of question.
Shak.
En`core" (?), adv. or interj. [F. The last part of the word is fr. L. hora hour. See Hour.] Once more; again; -- used by the auditors and spectators of plays, concerts, and other entertainments, to call for a repetition of a particular part.
En`core", n. A call or demand (as, by continued applause) for a repetition; as, the encores were numerous.
En`core", v. t. [imp. & p. p. Encored (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Encoring.] To call for a repetition or reappearance of; as, to encore a song or a singer.
[Rebecca] insisted upon encoring one of the duets.
Thackeray.
En*cor"po*ring (?), n. [Pref. en- + L. corpus body.] Incorporation. [Obs.] Chaucer.
||En`cou`bert" (?), n. [F., Pg. encorberto, encuberto, lit., covered.] (Zoöl.) One of several species of armadillos of the genera Dasypus and Euphractus, having five toes both on the fore and hind feet.
En*coun"ter (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Encountered (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Encountering.] [OF. encontrer; pref. en- (L. in) + contre against, L. contra. See Counter, adv.] To come against face to face; to meet; to confront, either by chance, suddenly, or deliberately; especially, to meet in opposition or with hostile intent; to engage in conflict with; to oppose; to struggle with; as, to encounter a friend in traveling; two armies encounter each other; to encounter obstacles or difficulties, to encounter strong evidence of a truth.
Then certain philosophers of the Epicureans, and of the Stoics, encountered him.
Acts xvii. 18.