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encircles

verb as in circumscribe

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Archaeologist Brian Fagan charts the history of our quest to master the ocean, the great river that encircles the Earth.

Cherry-red polish glints on her nails, and a gold ring encircles her middle toe.

And yet the trees are cultivated in every country within 15 degrees of the Equator, so a virtual cocoa belt encircles the globe.

This was the first small beginning of that great tourist business which now encircles the habitable globe.

A diadem encircles her hair, she sits upon a throne, the throne rests upon clouds.

Yet a romance of literary and historic interest encircles it.

Again the mountain is concealed by an elevation of the ring which girdles it as Monte Somma encircles Vesuvius.

The pedestals from which the columns of this arcade spring rest on a bold but simple base-table that also encircles the building.

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On this page you'll find 26 synonyms, antonyms, and words related to encircles, such as: encompass, enclose, surround, envelop, enfold, and invest.

From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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