encompass

verb (used with object)

1. to form a circle about; encircle; surround: He built a moat to encompass the castle.
2. to enclose; envelop: The folds of a great cloak encompassed her person.
3. to include comprehensively: a work that encompasses the entire range of the world’s religious beliefs.
4. Obsolete. to outwit.

verb (tr)

1. to enclose within a circle; surround
2. to bring about; cause to happen; contrivehe encompassed the enemy’s ruin
3. to include entirely or comprehensivelythis book encompasses the whole range of knowledge