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What does encircle mean?

Looking for the meaning or definition of the word encircle? Here's what it means.

Verb
  1. (transitive) To surround, form a circle around.
  2. To move or go around completely.
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Suddenly, I felt a pair of arms encircle my waist and pull me into an embrace.
I felt his arm encircle my waist and I looked up and he was looking down on me, smiling nervously.
Eight granite columns with marble Corinthian capitals encircle the baptismal basin, now much degraded.
They encircle their village with a stockade and a confusing maze of approaches, most of them lethally booby-trapped.
Masses of infantry and guns would then advance on a broad front to encircle the enemy and destroy him with fire.
I was about to let go when I felt his arm encircle my waist, and his chin rest on the top of my head.

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