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Encompassed
- verb - include in scope; include as part of something broader; have as one's sphere or territory; "This group encompasses a wide range of people from different backgrounds"; "this should cover everyone in the group"
Encompasses
- verb - include in scope; include as part of something broader; have as one's sphere or territory; "This group encompasses a wide range of people from different backgrounds"; "this should cover everyone in the group"
Encountered
- verb - be beset by; "The project ran into numerous financial difficulties"
- come together; "I'll probably see you at the meeting"; "How nice to see you again!"
- come upon, as if by accident; meet with; "We find this idea in Plato"; "I happened upon the most wonderful bakery not very far from here"; "She chanced upon an interesting book in the bookstore the other day"
- contend against an opponent in a sport, game, or battle; "Princeton plays Yale this weekend"; "Charlie likes to play Mary"
- experience as a reaction; "My proposal met with much opposition"
- Met
Encounterer
- - One who encounters; an opponent; an antagonist.
Encouraging
- verb - contribute to the progress or growth of; "I am promoting the use of computers in the classroom"
- furnishing support and encouragement; "the anxious child needs supporting and accepting treatment from the teacher"
- giving courage or confidence or hope; "encouraging advances in medical research"
- inspire with confidence; give hope or courage to
- spur on; "His financial success encouraged him to look for a wife"
- to inspire one to try
- TO SUPPORT
Encrinoidea
- - That order of the Crinoidea which includes most of the living and many fossil forms, having jointed arms around the margin of the oral disk; -- also called Brachiata and Articulata. See Illusts. under Comatula and Crinoidea.
Encroachers
- noun - someone who enters by force in order to conquer
Encroaching
- verb - advance beyond the usual limit
- gradually intrusive without right or permission; "we moved back from the encroaching tide"; "invasive tourists"; "trespassing hunters"
- impinge or infringe upon; "This impinges on my rights as an individual"; "This matter entrenches on other domains"