Hypertext Webster Gateway: "environ"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Environ \En*vi"ron\, adv. [F.]
About; around. [Obs.]
Lord Godfrey's eye three times environ goes. --Fairfax.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Environ \En*vi"ron\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Environed}; p. pr. &
vb. n. {Environing}.] [F. environner, fr. environ about,
thereabout; pref. en- (L. in) + OF. viron circle, circuit,
fr. OF. & F. virer to turn, LL. virare to turn up and down,
topsy-turvy. Cf. {Veer}.]
To surround; to encompass; to encircle; to hem in; to be
round about; to involve or envelop.
Dwelling in a pleasant glade, With mountains round
about environed. --Spenser.
Environed he was with many foes. --Shak.
Environ me with darkness whilst I write. --Donne.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
environ
v : be around; "Developments surround the town"; "The river
encircles the village" [syn: {surround}, {encircle}, {circle},
{round}, {ring}]
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