Definitions
American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
- v. To encircle; surround. See Synonyms at surround.
Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
- About; around.
- To surround; encompass; encircle; hem in.
- To go about; pass around; traverse the circuit of.
- Figuratively, to hedge about; involve; envelop: as, the undertaking was environed with difficulties.
Wiktionary
GNU Webster's 1913
- v. To surround; to encompass; to encircle; to hem in; to be round about; to involve or envelop.
- adv. obsolete About; around.
WordNet 3.0
- v. extend on all sides of simultaneously; encircle.
Etymologies
- From Middle English, from Old French enviruner, environner ("to surround"), from environ ("around"), from en ("in") + viron ("a turn"), from virer ("to turn, veer"). (Wiktionary)
- Middle English envirounen, from Old French environner, from environ, round about : en-, in; see en-1 + viron, circle (from virer, to turn; see veer1). (American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition)
Examples
“Guess now that B ‘n’ A have gone 180 degrees from on-the-set sex to full-time kiddo wrangling, a more wholesome environ is required.”
“If global warming is pure crap, then we can die of pollution in a temperate environ, which is impossible anyway.”
“This provides the kind of environ - ment where individuals are free to solve their problems, economic, personal, environmental, and otherwise.”
“Mr. van Wijk: We express them in seven themes: the digital revolution, industrial innovation, changes in consumer behavior and demography, environ mental, social and political changes, and economic growth will be the most important drivers for stocks in the period ahead of us — and investors should be positioned in those companies that benefit the most from these important drivers.”
The Wall Street Journal: ING's van Wijk Looks at Stocks' 'True Exposures'
“Ici en Caroline du Nord il fera environ 70 sous un ciel bleu et ensoleille.”
“At the strategic level, leaders are outlining tentative foreign policy, reassuring neighbors of cooperation on narcotics, the environ - ment and commerce, while alluding to 'the upcoming system of the country'.”
The Huffington Post: Derrick Crowe: General Petraeus, Proconsul of Fantasyland
“We walked about the Jetty with the sun hot upon our skin, the smell of the salt air filling our nose and lungs, and the feel of salt crystals on our fingers (having knelt to examine the minerals that carpeted the environ); an all-consuming, olfactory experience.”
The Huffington Post: Rebecca Taylor: Spiral Jetty: A Monument to Paradox & Transience
“LaFédération canadienne des enseignantes et des enseignantsreprésente environ”
“It is true that when you have an option of fast access to intenet, you will definietly enjoy that much more than faster processing in localized environ.”
“But into this orderly, monochromatic environ, where birds sing and uniformity and routine are prized, comes a colorful surprise.”
The Huffington Post: Fern Siegel: Stage Door: The Agony and The Ecstasy of Steve Jobs, White
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GRE Barrons Wordlist
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bilby "Then heard he a voice say: Galahad, I see there environ about thee so many angels that my power may not dare thee."
- Thomas Malory, 'The Holy Grail'. Sep 8, 2009