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1. Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0

begirt, belted, cinctured, circled, circumscribed, circumscript, defined, definite, delimited, demarcated, determinate, determined, encinctured, fixed, girdled, girt, hedged about, ringed, set, specific, stated, surrounded, zoned

Dictionary Results for Encircled:

1. WordNet® 3.0 (2006)

encircled
    adj 1: confined on all sides; "a camp surrounded by enemies";
           "the encircled pioneers" [syn: surrounded, encircled]

2. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

Encircle \En*cir"cle\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Encircled; p. pr. &
   vb. n. Encircling.] [Pref. en- + circle: cf. OF.
   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.
   [1913 Webster]

         Her brows encircled with his serpent rod. --Parnell.

   Syn: To encompass; surround; environ; inclose.
        [1913 Webster]

3. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

enclosed \enclosed\ adj.
   surrounded or closed in, usually on all sides. Opposite of
   unenclosed. [Narrower terms: basined; capsulate,
   capsulated; closed, closed in(predicate); coarctate;
   confined, fenced in, penned; embedded, fixed; embedded,
   surrounded; encircled; enveloped; fogbound;
   self-enclosed; surrounded, encircled]
   [WordNet 1.5]

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