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environ [ɪnˈvaɪrən] vb
(tr) to encircle or surround [from Old French environner to surround, from environ around, from en-1 + viron a circle, from virer to turn, veer1] ThesaurusLegend: Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
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| It is a question too serious to national pride, if not to national interests, to be slurred over; and every year is adding to the difficulties which environ it. Go where he may, precious sympathies environ him; and domestic affection places his knife and fork at innumerable family tables. A man is like a tree: in a forest of his fellows he will grow as straight as his generic and individual nature permits; alone in the open, he yields to the deforming stresses and tortions that environ him. |
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