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Environing

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en⋅vi⋅ron

  [en-vahy-ruhn, -vahy-ern]
Use Environing in a Sentence
–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.
Origin:
1300–50; ME envirounen < OF environner, deriv. of environ around (en en- 1 + viron a circle; vir(er) to turn, veer + -on n. suffix)
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en·vi·ron   (ěn-vī'rən, -vī'ərn)   
tr.v.   en·vi·roned, en·vi·ron·ing, en·vi·rons
To encircle; surround. See Synonyms at surround.

[Middle English envirounen, from Old French environner, from environ, round about : en-, in; see en-1 + viron, circle (from virer, to turn; see veer1).]
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