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VERB:1. To surround and advance upon: besiege, close in, enclose, envelop, hedge. See OPEN. 2. To shut in on all sides: begird, beset, circle, compass, encircle, encompass, environ, gird, girdle, hedge, ring1, surround. See OPEN.
 
 
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