Dictionary entries for 'environ'

Synonyms

begird
beset
circle
compass
encircle
encompass
gird
girdle
hedge
hem
ring
surround

en·vi·ron (ĕn-vī́rən, -vī́ərn)

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

transitive verb: -roned, -ron·ing, -rons.

To encircle; surround. See synonyms at surround

transitive verb: -roned, -ron·ing, -rons.

The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition