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Webster's 1828 Dictionary

ENVI'RON, v.t. [Eng. to veer.]
1. To surround; to encompass; to encircle; as a plain environed with mountains.
2. To involve; to envelop; as, to environ with darkness, or with difficulties.
3. To besiege; as a city environed with troops.
4. To inclose; to invest.
That soldier, that man of iron,
Whom ribs of horror all environ.

WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

v
1: extend on all sides of simultaneously; encircle; "The forest surrounds my property" [syn: surround, environ, ring, skirt, border]

Merriam Webster's

transitive verb Etymology: Middle English envirounen, from Anglo-French enviruner, from envirun around, from en in (from Latin in) + virun circle, from virer to turn — more at veer Date: 14th century encircle, surround

Oxford Reference Dictionary

v.tr. encircle, surround (esp. hostilely or protectively). Etymology: ME f. OF environer f. environ surroundings f. en in + viron circuit f. virer turn, VEER(1)

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Environ En*vi"ron, adv. [F.] About; around. [Obs.] Lord Godfrey's eye three times environ goes. --Fairfax.

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

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.

Soule's Dictionary of English Synonyms

v. a. 1. Surround, encompass, encircle, envelop, gird, begird, engird, belt, enclose. 2. Invest, besiege, beset, encompass.