Definitions for environ
ɛnˈvaɪ rən, -ˈvaɪ ərnen·v·i·ron

Princeton's WordNetRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. surround, environ, ring, skirt, borderverb

   extend on all sides of simultaneously; encircle

   "The forest surrounds my property"

WiktionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. environverb

   To surround; to encircle.

Samuel Johnson's DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. To Environverb

   Etymology: environner, French.

   1. To surround; to encompass; to encircle.

   I stand as one upon a rock,
   Environ’d with a wilderness of sea. William Shakespeare, Tit. Andronicus.

   The country near unto the city of Sultania is on every side environed with huge mountains. Richard Knolles, History.

   The manifold streams of goodly navigable rivers, as so many chains, environed the same site and temple. Francis Bacon.

   On a plain, within the environing rocks, stood the city. George Sandys, Journey.

   A wand’ring
   Compact of unctuous vapour, which the night
   Condenses, and the cold environs round. John Milton, Parad. Lost.

   Thought following thought, and step by step led on,
   He enter’d now the bordering desart wild,
   And with dark shades and rocks environ’d round,
   His holy meditation thus pursu’d. John Milton, Par. Regain’d.

   God hath scattered several degrees of pleasure and pain in all the things that environ and affect us, and blended them together in almost all that our thoughts. John Locke.

   2. To involve; to envelope.

   May never glorious sun reflect his beams
   Upon the country where you make abode!
   But darkness and the gloomy shade of death
   Environ you, ’till mischief and despair
   Drive you to break your necks. William Shakespeare, Henry VI.

   Since she must go, and I must mourn, come, night,
   Environ me with darkness whilst I write. John Donne.

   3. To surround in a hostile manner; to besiege; to hem in.

   Methought a legion of foul fiends
   Environ’d me, and howled in mine ears
   Such hideous cries, that with the very thought
   I trembling wak’d. William Shakespeare, Richard III.

   In thy danger,
   If ever danger do environ thee,
   Commend thy grievance to my holy prayer. William Shakespeare.

   I did but prompt the age to quit their clogs,
   By the known rules of ancient liberty,
   When straight a barbarous noise environs me. John Milton.

   4. To inclose; to invest.

   The soldier, that man of iron,
   Whom ribs of horrour all environ. John Cleveland.

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1. environ

   Environ is a verb that means to surround, enclose, or circle around something. It often describes a natural or created environment that encompasses or engulfs a particular area or entity. It can also refer to placing something in particular conditions or circumstances.

Webster DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Environverb

   to surround; to encompass; to encircle; to hem in; to be round about; to involve or envelop

2. Environadverb

   about; around

3. Etymology: [F.]

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1. Environ

   Environ is a record label started in 1995 in Oberlin, Ohio by Morgan Geist.

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1. Environ

   en-vī′run, v.t. to surround: to encircle: to invest:—pr.p. envī′roning; pa.p. envī′roned.—n. Envī′ronment, a surrounding: conditions influencing development or growth.—n.pl. Environs (en-vī′runz, or en′vi-), the places that environ: the outskirts of a city: neighbourhood. [Fr. environner—environ, around—virer, to turn round; cf. veer.]

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1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of environ in Chaldean Numerology is: 4

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of environ in Pythagorean Numerology is: 7

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References

1. ^ Princeton's WordNet
   http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=environ
2. ^ Wiktionary
   https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Environ
3. ^ Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
   https://johnsonsdictionaryonline.com/views/search.php?term=environ
4. ^ ChatGPT
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5. ^ Webster Dictionary
   https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/environ
6. ^ Wikidata
   https://www.wikidata.org/w/index.php?search=environ
7. ^ Chambers 20th Century Dictionary
   https://www.gutenberg.org/files/37683/37683-h/37683-h.htm#:~:text=environ