ENVI'RON, verb transitive [Eng. to veer.] 1. To surround; to encompass; to encircle; as a plain environed with mountains. 2. To involve; to envelop; as, to environ with darkness, or with difficulties. 3. To besiege; as a city environed with troops. 4. To inclose; to invest. That soldier, that man of iron, Whom ribs of horror all environ
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