En·cir·cle v. t. [imp. & p. p. Encircled p. pr. & vb. n. Encircling ]  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.
  Syn: -- To encompass; surround; environ; inclose.
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  encircled
       adj 1: confined on all sides; "a camp surrounded by enemies"; "the
              encircled pioneers" [syn: surrounded]
       2: enclosed within a circle; "the encircled camp was complete
          cut off"
       3: adorned or crowned with a circlet; sometimes used as
          combining forms; "a brow encircled with laurel"; "wreathed
          in an extraordinary luminescence"; "ringed round with
          daisies"; "smoke-wreathed" [syn: ringed, wreathed]