| Roget’s II: The New Thesaurus, Third Edition. 1995. |
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| VERB: | 1. To encircle with or as if with a band: band1, begird, belt, cincture, compass, engirdle, gird, girdle, girt, ring1. Archaic : engird. See EDGE. 2. To have as a part: comprehend, comprise, contain, embody, embrace, have, include, involve, subsume, take in. See INCLUDE. 3. To shut in on all sides: begird, beset, circle, compass, encircle, environ, gird, girdle, hedge, hem, ring1, surround. See OPEN.
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