Englobe

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This word is acceptable for play in the UK dictionary that is being used in the following games:

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  • v. To surround as if by a globe
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • To inclose as in a globe: as, “youthful energy englobed within the bosom of the young.” See inglobe.
  • Specifically, to absorb or take within the substance of a white blood-globule, amœba, or other single-celled body.
  • Word Usage
    "When they had reduced the foe sufficiently, the formation was to open up, englobe the survivors, and deal death on them from every quarter."
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