What is the act of surrounding, or the state of being surrounded; circumvention. By this encompassment and drift of question. Shak called?
encompassment — The act of surrounding, or the state of being surrounded; circumvention. By this encompassment and drift of question. Shak. (Webster's 1913.)
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- Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
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