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environ

1

[ en-vahy-ruhn, -vahy-ern ]

verb (used with object)

  1. to form a circle or ring round; surround; envelop:

    a house environed by pleasant grounds; to be environed by bad influences.



environ.

2

abbreviation for

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

environ

/ ɪnˈvaɪrən /

verb

  1. tr to encircle or surround
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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  • unen·vironed adjective
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Word History and Origins

Origin of environ1

1300–50; Middle English envirounen < Old French environner, derivative of environ around ( en en- 1 + viron a circle; vir ( er ) to turn, veer 1 + -on noun suffix)
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Word History and Origins

Origin of environ1

C14: from Old French environner to surround, from environ around, from en- 1+ viron a circle, from virer to turn, veer 1
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Example Sentences

It might be harder today than it was in 2003, given the fentanyl epidemic, which has turned the park and its environs into an outdoor museum of overdose horrors.

“It’s one thing to do scary things in my own neighborhood,” Wood said of Westside environs she has scoured.

But there were occasional reminders of the jihadists’ capacity to range further south in this vast country, to Bamako and its environs.

From BBC

Burns is among about 2,400 delegates, as well as tens of thousands of elected officials, donors, guests, reporters and others, convening at the Fiserv Forum arena and nearby environs.

He also offers prescriptions, micro and macro, private and public, for better stewardship of our environs.

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