En·cir·cle v. t. [imp. & p. p. Encircled p. pr. & vb. n. Encircling ]  To form a circle about; to inclose within a circle or ring; to surround; as, to encircle one in the arms; the army encircled the city.
    Her brows encircled with his serpent rod.   --Parnell.
 Syn: -- To encompass; surround; environ; inclose.

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 encircled
      adj 1: confined on all sides; "a camp surrounded by enemies"; "the
             encircled pioneers" [syn: surrounded]
      2: enclosed within a circle; "the encircled camp was complete
         cut off"
      3: adorned or crowned with a circlet; sometimes used as
         combining forms; "a brow encircled with laurel"; "wreathed
         in an extraordinary luminescence"; "ringed round with
         daisies"; "smoke-wreathed" [syn: ringed, wreathed]