2. To surround; to encircle; to encompass.

The inclusive verge Of golden metal that must round my brow.

Shak.

3. To bring to fullness or completeness; to complete; hence, to bring

to a fit conclusion.

We are such stuff As dreams are made on, and our little life Is

rounded with a sleep.

Shak.

4. To go round wholly or in part; to go about (a corner or point); as,

to round a corner; to round Cape Horn.

5. To make full, smooth, and flowing; as, to round periods in writing.

Swift.

To round in (Naut.) To haul up; usually, to haul the slack of (a rope)

through its leading block, or to haul up (a tackle which hangs loose)

by its fall. Totten. (b) To collect together (cattle) by riding around

them, as on cattle ranches. [Western U.S.]

Round, v. i. 1. To grow round or full; hence, to attain to fullness,

completeness, or perfection.

The queen your mother rounds apace.

Shak.

So rounds he to a separate mind, From whence clear memory may

begin.

Tennyson.

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