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Environ   Listen
verb
Environ  v. t.  (past & past part. environed; pres. part. environing)  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." "Environed he was with many foes." "Environ me with darkness whilst I write."



adverb
Environ  adv.  About; around. (Obs.) "Lord Godfrey's eye three times environ goes."






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"Environ" Quotes from Famous Books



... might stretch like an invisible shield before the countless foes that environ such a one; fiery darts may be caught upon it; a deadly thrust may be turned away. What if the blessing would never reach the ear of the loved one, who goes out unconscious of sympathy? His guardian angel has heard it, and perchance it has reached ...
— Not Like Other Girls • Rosa N. Carey

... Monterey could not well be more beautiful if they had been gotten up to order. Hills, gently rising, the chain broken here and there by a more abrupt peak, environ the city, crowned with dark pines and the famous cypress of Monterey (Cypressus macrocarpa.) Before us the bay lies calm and blue, and away across, can be seen the town of Santa Cruz, an indistinct white ...
— The California Birthday Book • Various

... dist qu'on luy avoist escript de Rome, n'avoit que trois semaines ou environ, sur le propos des noces du roy de Navarre en ces propres termes; Que a ceste heure que tous les oiseaux estoient en cage, on les pouvoit prendre tous ensemble (Vulcob to Charles IX., Sept. ...
— The History of Freedom • John Emerich Edward Dalberg-Acton

... perils do environ The man that meddles with cold iron; What plaguey mischiefs and mishaps To dog ...
— The King's Own • Captain Frederick Marryat

... furnish enough) place'em northwards, as they do quick. Of this, might there living pales and enclosures be made, (such as the Right Honourable my Lord Dacres, somewhere in Sussex, has a park almost environ'd with, able to keep in any game, as I am credibly inform'd) and cut into square hedges, it becomes impenetrable, and will thrive in hottest, as well as the coldest places. I have seen hedges, or if you will, stout walls of holly, 20 foot in height, kept ...
— Sylva, Vol. 1 (of 2) - Or A Discourse of Forest Trees • John Evelyn


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