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en⋅vi⋅ron

  [en-vahy-ruhn, -vahy-ern]
Use environ 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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environ.

 
1. environment.
2. environmental.
3. environmentalism.
4. environmentalist.

en⋅vi⋅rons

  [en-vahy-ruhnz, -vahy-ernz, en-ver-uhnz, -vahy-ernz]
–plural noun
1. the surrounding parts or districts, as of a city; outskirts; suburbs.
2. surrounding objects; surroundings; environment.
3. an area or space close by; vicinity.
Origin:
1655–65; < F (pl.); r. ME environ < OF, n. use of environ around; see environ
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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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Environ

En*vi"ron\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Environed; p. pr. & vb. n. Environing.] [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.

Dwelling in a pleasant glade, With mountains round about environed. --Spenser.

Environed he was with many foes. --Shak.

Environ me with darkness whilst I write. --Donne.

Environ

En*vi"ron\, adv. [F.] About; around. [Obs.]

Lord Godfrey's eye three times environ goes. --Fairfax.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, © 1996, 1998 MICRA, Inc.
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Language Translation for : environ
Spanish: cerca de, alrededor de,
German: ungefähr,
Japanese: およそ
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