Encompassment

2 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Encompassment \En*com"pass*ment\, n.
     The act of surrounding, or the state of being surrounded;
     circumvention.
     [1913 Webster]
  
           By this encompassment and drift of question. --Shak.


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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  encompassment
       n : including entirely