environ

en·vi·ron

 (ĕn-vī′rən, -vī′ərn)

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

To encircle; surround: The vast desert environed the oases.

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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).]

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environ

(ɪnˈvaɪrən)

vb

(tr) to encircle or surround

[C14: from Old French environner to surround, from environ around, from en-¹ + viron a circle, from virer to turn, veer¹]

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en•vi•ron

(ɛnˈvaɪ rən, -ˈvaɪ ərn)

v.t.

to form a circle or ring round; surround; envelop: a house environed by pleasant grounds.

[1300–50; Middle English envirounen < Old French environner, derivative of environ around (en en-¹ + viron a circle; vir(er) to turn, veer + -on n. suffix)]

environ.

1. environment.

2. environmental.

3. environmentalism.

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environ

Past participle: environed
Gerund: environing

Imperative

environ

environ

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Thesaurus

Verb

1.

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

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environ

verb

To shut in on all sides:

begird, beset, circle, compass, encircle, encompass, gird, girdle, hedge, hem, ring, surround.

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Translations

circondare