different between encircle vs umbecast

English

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /?n?s??k?l/, (US) IPA^(key): /?n?s??k?l/
• Rhymes: -??(r)k?l

Etymology

en- +? circle

Verb

encircle (third-person singular simple present encircles, present participle encircling, simple past and past participle encircled)

1. (transitive) To surround, form a circle around.
2. To move or go around completely.

Synonyms

• circulize

Translations

Derived terms

• encirclement

Anagrams

• licencer

English

Etymology

From Middle English umbecasten, equivalent to umbe- +? cast or um- +? becast.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /??mb??kæst/, /??mb??k??st/

Verb

umbecast (third-person singular simple present umbecasts, present participle umbecasting, simple past and past participle umbecast)

1. (transitive, intransitive, obsolete or dialectal) To cast about; make a circuit; travel around (a place).
2. (transitive, intransitive, obsolete or dialectal) To consider, ponder.
3. To hunt, search for the spoor, explore, seek, sniff around.
4. To surround, encircle, beset; umbeset, circle around.
5. To bind, tie up.
6. To cast a shadow, cover with a shadow, shade

References

umbecast in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.