To enclose or surround completely; to form into a globe or spherical shape.
From en- (Old English prefix meaning 'to put into') + globe (Latin globus, 'sphere'). The prefix en- attaches to nouns to create verbs meaning 'to cause to be in that state.'
The prefix 'en-' is like linguistic magic—attach it to almost any noun and you get a verb: 'enrage,' 'enlarge,' 'encircle,' 'englobe.' Shakespeare and Renaissance writers loved making new verbs this way, and 'englobe' was one of their more poetic creations.
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