I . v. a.
1.
En~, environ, surround, encircle, enclose, engird, embrace, ~ about, stretch round.
2.
Besiege, invest, beset, beleaguer, block, blockade, hem in, hedge in, wall in, lay siege to.
3.
Attain, obtain, procure, accomplish, effect, perform, achieve, consummate, realize, carry, bring about, bring to pass.
4.
( Law .) Meditate, contrive, plot, purpose, intend, devise.
II . n.
1.
Stretch, reach, extent, range, scope, limit, bound, boundary.
2.
Circuit, round, circular course.
3.
Mariner's or surveyor's ~, ship's ~, ship's ~, needle.