v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Environed p. pr. & vb. n. Environing. ] [ F. environner, fr. environ about, thereabout; pref. en- (L. in) + OF. viron circle, circuit, fr. OF. & F. virer to turn, LL. virare to turn up and down, topsy-turvy. Cf. Veer. ] To surround; to encompass; to encircle; to hem in; to be round about; to involve or envelop. [ 1913 Webster ]
Dwelling in a pleasant glade, With mountains round about environed. Spenser. [ 1913 Webster ]
Environed he was with many foes. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]
Environ me with darkness whilst I write. Donne. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. [ Cf. F. environnement. ] 1. Act of environing; state of being environed. [ 1913 Webster ]
2. That which environs or surrounds; surrounding conditions, influences, or forces, by which living forms are influenced and modified in their growth and development. [ 1913 Webster ]
It is no friendly environment, this of thine. Carlyle. [ 1913 Webster ]
adj. 1. of or pertaining to the environment; as, environmental factors. [ WordNet 1.5 ]
2. of or pertaining to the environment (definition 2); as, environmental pollution; environmental disaster; environmental cleanup; environmental deterioration. [ WordNet 1.5 ]
THOUSANDS of dead fish and other marine species, suffocated by a rotting, glutinous morass which spreads over kilometres of coral reefs. This scenario has all the hallmarks of a unnatural environmental disaster resulting from environmental negligence. However this isn't the case, instead the cause -- coral spawn slick deoxygenation -- is a natural event which has the potential to occur periodically on the reefs of the West Pilbara. Michael Borowitzka (“Natural event spawns environmental disaster” in Murdoch News, October 12, 1995)
n. pl. [ F. ] The parts or places which surround another place, or lie in its neighborhood; suburbs; as, the environs of a city or town. Chesterfield. [ 1913 Webster ]
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