Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary · 1913

Encircle

Encircle , transitive verb

[Prefix en- + circle: compare Old French encercler.]

To form a circle about; to inclose within a circle or ring; to surround; as, to encircle one in the arms; the army encircled the city.
Her brows encircled with his serpent rod. — Parnell