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en•cinc•ture
Pronunciation: (en-singk'chur), [key]
—v., -tured, -tur•ing,
—v.t.
to gird or encompass with or as with a belt or girdle:
A ring of hills encinctures the town. Random House Unabridged Dictionary, Copyright © 1997, by Random House, Inc., on Infoplease.