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Webster 1913 Edition

Noun.

The act of surrounding, or the state of being surrounded; circumvention.

By this

encompassment

and drift of question.

Shakespeare

Noun.

A surrounding.

A going round; circumlocution in speaking.

encompassment ‎(countable and uncountable, plural encompassments)

The act of surrounding, or the state of being surrounded.
- Shakespeare
  By this encompassment and drift of question.