environ

en·vi·ron  (n-vrn, -vrn)

tr.v. en·vi·roned, en·vi·ron·ing, en·vi·rons

To encircle; surround. See Synonyms at surround.

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[Middle English envirounen, from Old French environner, from environ, round about : en-, in; see en-¹ + viron, circle (from virer, to turn; see veer¹).]

Thesaurus

Verb

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environ - extend on all sides of simultaneously; encircle; "The forest surrounds my property" border, surround, skirt, ring adjoin, contact, touch, meet - be in direct physical contact with; make contact; "The two buildings touch"; "Their hands touched"; "The wire must not contact the metal cover"; "The surfaces contact at this point" fringe - decorate with or as if with a surrounding fringe; "fur fringed the hem of the dress" gird, girdle - put a girdle on or around; "gird your loins" cloister - surround with a cloister; "cloister the garden" inclose, shut in, close in, enclose - surround completely; "Darkness enclosed him"; "They closed in the porch with a fence" hem in - surround in a restrictive manner; "The building was hemmed in by flowers" cloister - surround with a cloister, as of a garden