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/en singk"cheuhr/, v., encinctured, encincturing, v.t.to gird or encompass with or as with a belt or girdle: A ring of hills encinctures the town.[1805-15; EN-1 + CINCTURE]
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Encincture — En*cinc ture, n. A cincture. [Poetic] [1913 Webster] The vast encincture of that gloomy sea. Wordsworth. [1913 Webster] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
encincture — index blockade (enclosure), constraint (imprisonment), contain (enclose), embrace (encircle) … Law dictionary
encincture — noun A cincture … Wiktionary
encincture — en·cincture … English syllables
encincture — /ɛnˈsɪŋktʃə/ (say en singkchuh), /ən / (say uhn ) verb (t) (encinctured, encincturing) 1. to girdle; surround or encompass as with a girdle. –noun 2. the act or fact of being encompassed. {en 1 + cincture} …
encincture — ə̇n, en+ transitive verb Etymology: en (I) + cincture, n. : to encircle with or as if with a girdle : gird a lake encinctured with a belt of forest … Useful english dictionary
Circumscription — (Roget s Thesaurus) < N PARAG:Circumscription >N GRP: N 1 Sgm: N 1 circumscription circumscription limitation inclosure Sgm: N 1 confinement confinement &c.(restraint) 751 Sgm: N 1 circumvallation circumvallation Sgm: N 1 encincture… … English dictionary for students
cincture — n 1. circular border, band, tie, collar; belt, ring, skirt, ribbon, fillet, garland. 2. encompassment, encincture, circumjacence, cir cumambiance; walling in, hemming in, restriction, constriction, choking. v 3. encircle, circle, gird, begird,… … A Note on the Style of the synonym finder
blockade — I (barrier) noun bar, barricade, block, blockage, bottleneck, cordon, curb, impediment, obsessio, obsidio, obstacle, obstruction, stop, stumbling block II (enclosure) noun circumjacence, circumscription, circumvallation, compass, containment,… … Law dictionary
constraint — I (imprisonment) noun act of keeping in, apprehension, arrest, bondage, bonds, bounds, captivity, care, charge, commitment, confinement, containment, control, custodianship, custody, detainment, detention, encincture, enclosure, enthrallment,… … Law dictionary
