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environ
1[ en-vahy-ruhn, -vahy-ern ]
verb (used with object)
- to form a circle or ring round; surround; envelop:
a house environed by pleasant grounds; to be environed by bad influences.
environ.
2abbreviation for
- environment.
- environmental.
- environmentalism.
- environmentalist.
environ
/ ɪnˈvaɪrən /
verb
- tr to encircle or surround
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- unen·vironed adjective
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Word History and Origins
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Word History and Origins
Origin of environ1
C14: from Old French environner to surround, from environ around, from en- 1+ viron a circle, from virer to turn, veer 1
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Example Sentences
I have been accustomed to guide myself through worse dangers than now environ me.
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The next important thing is to observe how the poet is going to locate, and environ this negative world.
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Il y a environ une lieue de la porte de Terre ces vnrables restes de l'antiquit.
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Roman generals still might lead them, Roman laws environ them, Roman gold employ them.
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On deck there is an inclination to move quietly, to preserve a silence in keeping with the weird spell that seems to environ us.
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