1) Bear 2) Carry 3) Circle 4) Completely surround 5) Contain 6) Environ 7) Form a circle around 8) Gather around 9) Hold 10) Make the circuit of 11) Ring 12) Round 13) Surround 14) To form a circle around 1) Begird 2) Border 3) Close in 4) Enclose 5) Encompass 6) Engird 7) Environ 8) Enwind 9) Gird 10) Girt 11) Hemin 12) Loop 13) Orbit 14) Ring 15) Rung 16) Skirt 17) Surround 18) Wreathe 
• (v. t.) To form a circle about; to inclose within a circle or ring; to surround; as, to encircle one in the arms; the army encircled the city.
En·cir'cle transitive verb [ imperfect & past participle Encircled ; present participle & verbal noun Encircling .] [ Prefix en- + circle : confer Old French encercler .] To form a circle about; to inclose within a ...
[v] - form a circle around
encircle 1. To form a circle around someone or something. 2. To move or to go around completely; to make a circuit of.
to form a circle around; surround; encompass: to encircle an enemy. · to make a circling movement around; make the circuit of.