encompass
verb
[ ɪnˈkʌmpəs ]
• surround and have or hold within.
• "this area of London encompasses Piccadilly to the north and St James's Park to the south"
Similar:
surround,
enclose,
ring,
encircle,
circumscribe,
skirt,
bound,
border,
fringe,
close in,
shut in,
fence in,
wall in,
hedge in,
hem in,
confine,
gird,
girdle,
engird,
compass,
environ,
• cause to take place.
• "an act designed to encompass the death of the king"
