Sekirov Dictionary

environ

UK /ɪnˈvaɪɹən/US /ɪnˈvaɪ(ə)ɹən/

verb 9
adverb 2
noun 1
forms 6

verb9

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To encircle or surround (someone or something).
- Into that forest farre they thence him led, / VVhere vvas their dvvelling, in a pleasant glade, / VVith mountaines rovvnd about enuironed, / And mightie vvoodes, vvhich did the valley shade, […] — 1590
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To encircle or surround (someone or something) so as to attack from all sides; to beset.
- Enuironed he vvas vvith many foes, / And stood against them, as the hope of Troy / Against the Greekes, that vvould haue entred Troy. — 1591
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To cover, enclose, or envelop (someone or something).
- Farre off a hill and mountaine high they spide, / VVhose top the cloudes enuiron, cloath and hide; […] — 1600
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Of a person: to be positioned or stationed around (someone or something) to attend to or protect them.
- O most high God, who keepest all things whether high or low, and environest every creature; sancti†fie and bless† these Creatures of lime and sand; Through Christ our Lord, Amen. — 1675
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(figurative) Of a situation or state of affairs, especially danger or trouble: to happen to and affect (someone or something).
- Ay me! what perils do environ / The Man that meddles with cold Iron! — 1662
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Followed by from: to hide or shield (someone or something).
- Lonely her fate was, / Environed from sight / In the house where the gate was / Past finding at night. — 1922
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(no longer used) To encircle or surround (a heraldic element such as a charge or escutcheon (shield)).
- Az[ure], an annulet environing a barrulet, betw[een] two bars and in chief a cross patty fitchy or. — 1874
(no longer used) To amount to or encompass (a space).
(no longer used) To travel completely around (a place or thing); to circumnavigate.

adverb2

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(no longer used) In the neighbourhood; around.
- Thaboũdant grace of the power deuyne / whiche doth illumyne yͤ world inuyron / Preserue this audyẽce and cause them to inclyne / To charyte this is my petycyon — 1519
(no longer used) Almost, nearly.

noun1

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(formal) A surrounding area or place (especially of an urban settlement); an environment.
- His spirits, during the last two or three days, though still very unequal, were greatly improved—he grew more and more partial to the house and environs—never spoke of going away without a sigh— […] — 1811

forms

environed · environedst · environing · environeth · environs · environest

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