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cercar verb | belt [belted, belting, belts](surround) beset [beset, beset, besetting, besets](to surround or hem in) besiege [besieged, besieging, besieges](to surround with armed forces) circle [circled, circling, circles](surround) circumvent [circumvented, circumventing, circumvents](to surround or besiege) encircle [encircled, encircling, encircles](surround) enclose [enclosed, enclosing, encloses](surround, fence in) encompass [encompassed, encompassing, encompasses](encircle) fence [fenced, fencing, fences](to enclose by building a fence) hem [hemmed, hemmed, hemming, hems](to surround something or someone in a confining way) invest [invested, investing, invests](to lay siege to) surround [surrounded, surrounding, surrounds](to encircle something or simultaneously extend in all directions) |