Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary · 1913

Encompass

Encompass , transitive verb

To circumscribe or go round so as to surround closely; to encircle; to inclose; to environ; as, a ring encompasses the finger; an army encompasses a city; a voyage encompassing the world. — Shakespeare
A question may be encompassed with difficulty. — C. J. Smith
The love of all thy sons encompass thee. — Tennyson