environ[verb]Synonyms: surround, beset, circle, compass, encircle, encompass, gird, hem, ring, round
Related Words: enclose,
fence,
go (around) [TahlilGaran] English Synonym Dictionary ▲
environ verb trans. [ɪn'vʌɪrǝn, ɛn-] Also
inviron.
ME.[Old French environer (mod. -onner), from environ surroundings, around, formed as EN-1 + viron circuit, from virer VEER verb2.]1. Form a ring round, surround, encircle; beset, beleaguer, (
with).
ME.■ T. Traherne On every side we are environed with enemies. Daedalus The American lives in a society in which his successful manipulation of the environing conditions..is crucial to his sense of himself.2. Envelop, enclose. Formerly also, wrap up; conceal.
LME.■ J. Tyndall We were environed with an atmosphere of perfect purity.3. Go round in a circle, make a circuit round.
LME-M17. ■ environing noun (a) the action of the verb;
(b) a thing or things that environ; environment, surroundings;
(c) a circumference:
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