encompass

verb4

1. •
   To include within its scope; to circumscribe or go round so as to surround; to enclose; to contain.

   • his piercing instruments of sight: Whose fiery circles beare encompassed A heauen of heauenly bodies in their Spheares: — 1587
2. •
   To include completely; to describe fully or comprehensively.

   • This book on English grammar encompasses all irregular verbs.
3. •
   To form a circle around; to encircle.
4. •
   To go around, especially, to circumnavigate.

   • Drake encompassed the globe.