encircles

VERB

circumscribe

Synonyms

STRONGEST

enclose encompass envelop hem in surround

STRONG

band circle circuit compass cover enfold environ girdle inclose invest ring wreathe

WEAK

begird cincture enring gird in halo

Antonyms

STRONGEST

free let go release

WEAK

unloose

Example Sentences

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But know ye that vict’ry, the shrine of the noble, Encircles the house of death newly made!

From Southern War Songs Camp-Fire, Patriotic and Sentimental by Various

False renegade! thy name Was once the star which led The free; but, oh! what shame Encircles now thine head!

From Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 1, August 21, 1841 by Various

The bright sparkling water Now pour in the bowl; Water all-gently Encircles the whole.

From The Poems of Schiller — Third period by Schiller, Friedrich