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51engirdle — (also engird) verb literary encircle; surround …
52begird — v. a. 1. Gird, bind with a girdle. 2. Surround, encompass, environ, encircle, enclose, engird …
53encircle — v. a. 1. Surround, encompass, environ, gird, belt, engird, enclose. 2. Embrace, fold, clasp, enfold …
54encompass — v. a. 1. Surround, environ, compass, gird, engird, belt, encircle, enclose. 2. Invest, beset, besiege, surround, hem in, wall in, lay siege to …
55environ — v. a. 1. Surround, encompass, encircle, envelop, gird, begird, engird, belt, enclose. 2. Invest, besiege, beset, encompass …
56compass — I. v. a. 1. Encompass, environ, surround, encircle, enclose, engird, embrace, compass about, stretch round. 2. Besiege, invest, beset, beleaguer, block, blockade, hem in, hedge in, wall in, lay siege to. 3. Attain, obtain, procure, accomplish,… …
57gird — I. v. a. 1. Girdle, bind round, bind with a girdle. 2. Surround, encircle, encompass, enclose, environ, engird, begird. 3. Clothe, invest, equip, furnish. 4. Reproach, gibe, sneer at, lash, satirize. II. v. n. Gibe, sneer, make scornful jests,… …
58encompass — verb 1) the apartment buildings encompass common recreational grounds, complete with swimming pool and tennis court Syn: surround, enclose, encircle, circumscribe, bound, border; literary gird, engird; rare compass See note at circumscribe 2) the …
59beleaguer — v surround, encompass, circumscribe; environ, ring, encircle, circle, begird, girdle, engird; confine, hem in, gird, hedge, limit, bound; enclose, ensphere, contain, corral, fence, picket, pen, box in, shut in, blockade, block; siege, besiege,… …
60beset — v 1. assail, harass, attack; badger, bother, pester, hector, Sl. bug, Sl. hassle; hound, nag, dog, Sl. ride; bait, provoke, vex, Sl. needle; torment, bedevil, plague; tease, taunt, tweak. 2. surround, encompass, circumscribe; environ, ring,… …
