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• environ
  environ

  verb (used with object)

  to form a circle or ring round; surround; envelop.
• environ.
  environ.

  abbreviation

  environment.

environ

¹ American  

[en-vahy-ruhn, -vahy-ern] / ɛnˈvaɪ rən, -ˈvaɪ ərn /

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.

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environ. ² American  

abbreviation

1. environment.

2. environmental.

3. environmentalism.

4. environmentalist.

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environ British  

/ ɪnˈvaɪrən /

verb

1. (tr) to encircle or surround

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Other Word Forms

• unenvironed
  adjective

Etymology

Origin of environ

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)

Example Sentences

Sans compter sa pure ténacité — il en est à plus de 4000 pièces dans 32 pays, dont environ 1500 à Paris.

From New York Times • Feb. 12, 2023

The Beach Boys song remains familiar and hummable, but not overly so; it’s warm and inviting, even as it picks up in cadence and transports you to a smooth new environ.

From Washington Post • Dec. 29, 2021

As part of this environ, 5 to 7 percent of the faculty and about 5 percent of the staff is volunteers performing service.

From Slate • Jul. 15, 2015

On a gray night, with smoke rising from the manholes, the environ looked film-noir-esque from the window view.

From Seattle Times • Feb. 5, 2015

Monopolist Greed is the one, indeed, Whilst the other means Pollution; And a hide of iron doth environ Each scaly convolution.

From Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 105, September 30th 1893 by Various