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Definition of Encircled
1. Adjective. Confined on all sides. "The encircled pioneers"
Definition of Encircled
1. Verb. (past of encircle) ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Encircled
1. encircle [v] - See also: encircle
Lexicographical Neighbors of Encircled
Literary usage of Encircled
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. A Catalogue of the Greek and Etruscan Vases in the British Museum by Samuel Birch, Charles Thomas Newton (1870)
"T. neck encircled by the egg moulding, below which is a wreath with pendants,
... The neck encircled by vertical parallels, white on a black ground; below, ..."
2. The American Journal of the Medical Sciences by Southern Society for Clinical Investigation (U.S.) (1855)
"The proportion of cases, therefore, in which there was every reason to believe
that the artery would really have encircled the sac, was only one in eight. ..."
3. Lectures, Illustrated and Embellished with Views of the World's Famous by John Lawson Stoddard (1898)
"In winter, therefore, when encircled by mounds of snow, it rests upon the summit
of our continent like a crown of sapphire set with pearls. ..."
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