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 ]

Environ

adv. [ F. ] About; around. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

Lord Godfrey's eye three times environ goes. Fairfax. [ 1913 Webster ]

Environment

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 ]

environmental

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)

Environs

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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environment

(n) the totality of surrounding conditions, Example:he longed for the comfortable environment of his living room

environment

(n) the area in which something exists or lives, Syn. surroundings, surround, environs, Example:the country--the flat agricultural surround

environmental

(adj) of or relating to the external conditions or surroundings, Example:environmental factors

environmental

(adj) concerned with the ecological effects of altering the environment, Example:environmental pollution

environmental condition

(n) the state of the environment

environmentalism

(n) the philosophical doctrine that environment is more important than heredity in determining intellectual growth, Ant. hereditarianism

environmentalism

(n) the activity of protecting the environment from pollution or destruction

environmentalist

(n) someone who works to protect the environment from destruction or pollution, Syn. conservationist

environmentally

(adv) for the environment, Example:the new recycling policy is environmentally safe

environmental protection agency

(n) an independent federal agency established to coordinate programs aimed at reducing pollution and protecting the environment, Syn. EPA

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