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environ v (transitive)

To encircle or surround (someone or something). (often military) To encircle or surround (someone or something) so as to attack from all sides; to beset. (heraldry, chiefly passive voice, obsolete) To encircle or surround (a heraldic element such as a charge or escutcheon (shield)). To cover, enclose, or envelop (someone or something). Followed by from: to hide or shield (someone or something). (chiefly passive voice) Of a person: to be positioned or stationed around (someone or something) to attend to or protect them. (figuratively) Of a situation or state of affairs, especially danger or trouble: to happen to and affect (someone or something). (obsolete) To amount to or encompass (a space). To travel completely around (a place or thing); to circumnavigate. environ n (archaic except in the plural, formal, also figuratively) A surrounding area or place (especially of an urban settlement); an environment. [...]

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