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encircles

encircles is the third-person singular simple present indicative of encircle.

Meaning of encircle

Verb

encircle (third-person singular simple present encircles, present participle encircling, simple past and past participle encircled)

  1. (transitive) To surround, form a circle around.
    • "Friday!" she called out, bursting open the doors and quickly encircling her friend in the warmth of her arms.1983 February 5, Andrea Loewenstein, “Snowbound”, in Gay Community News, volume 10, number 28, page 10
  2. (transitive) To move or go around completely.
    • It is also customary in the Orient and among Sephardim for the mourners to encircle the coffin of an erudite person seven times and recite Yoshayv besayter while making each circuit.1996, Macy Nulman, The Encyclopedia of Jewish Prayer, page 385

Questions about encircles

What is encircles the third-person singular simple present indicative of?
Encircles is the third-person singular simple present indicative of encircle.

Words near encircles in the dictionary

  1. encircled
  2. encirclement
  3. encirclements
  4. encircler
  5. encirclers
  6. encircles
  7. encirclet
  8. encircleth
  9. encirclets
  10. encircling
  11. encirclingly

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