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Environ

POS

Verb (transitive)

HYPHEN

en=vi=ron

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WORDNET DICTIONARY

Verb Environ has 1 sense

environ(v = verb.contact) border, ring, skirt, surround - extend on all sides of simultaneously; encircle; "The forest surrounds my property"

is one way to adjoin, contact, meet, touch

Sample sentence:
Something ----s something

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CIDE DICTIONARY

Environ, v. t. [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. [1913 Webster]

"Dwelling in a pleasant glade,
With mountains round about environed." [1913 Webster]

"Environed he was with many foes." [1913 Webster]

"Environ me with darkness whilst I write." [1913 Webster]

Environ, adv. [F.].

About; around. [1913 Webster]

"Lord Godfrey's eye three times environ goes." [1913 Webster]

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OXFORD DICTIONARY

Environ, 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)

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ROGET THESAURUS

Environ

Circumjacence

VB lie around, surround, beset, compass, encompass, environ, inclose, enclose, encircle, embrace, circumvent, lap, gird, belt, begird, engird, skirt, twine round, hem in.