environ

1. To encircle or surround (someone or something).Examples: "The Erle in good haſte departed thence to Penbroke, whome incontinent Morgan Thomas, by king Edwards commaundement ſo ſtrongly beſieged, and ſo enuironed his Caſtell with a ditche and a trench, that he could not lightly flie or eſcape thence, […]"; "Philopœmen fearinge to be enuironned, and being deſirous to bring his men ſafe home againe, vvho moſt of loue had follovved him: beganne to marche avvay through narrovv buſhy places, him ſelfe being in the rerevvard, and turned oftentimes vpon his enemies, […]"; "Enuironed he vvas vvith many foes, / And ſtood againſt them, as the hope of Troy / Againſt the Greekes, that vvould haue entred Troy."Synonyms: belay, beleaguer, besiegeobsoleteoftentransitive

2. To encircle or surround (someone or something).Examples: "Az[ure], an annulet environing a barrulet, betw[een] two bars and in chief a cross patty fitchy or."Synonyms: belay, envelop, entwist, enwrapobsoletetransitive

3. (chiefly passive voice) Of a person: to be positioned or stationed around (someone or something) to attend to or protect them.Examples: "[A]ll of them, upon an aſſociation made in the night, agreed to ſide vvith him, vvith aſſurance of ſafe conduct being gladly admitted unto them, environed he vvas vvith a multitude thronged together of vendible or ſale ſouldiors, […]"; "O moſt high God, who keepeſt all things whether high or low, and environeſt every creature; ſancti†fie and bleſs† theſe Creatures of lime and ſand; Through Chriſt our Lord, Amen."; "[T]he admiral in particular, being dangerouſly vvounded, and environed by the guards of the King, on vvhose protection he ſeemed entirely to rely, had no means of eſcape, and might ſurely, before his death, have been convicted of the crimes imputed to him: […]"obsoletetransitive

4. (figuratively) Of a situation or state of affairs, especially danger or trouble: to happen to and affect (someone or something).Examples: "Ay me! what perils do environ / The Man that meddles with cold Iron!"; "[S]he knew not one person to whose protection she could have recourse, from the inexpressible woes that environed her: […]"; "Thus the party continued to converſe, and, as far as civility vvould permit, to torture each other by mutual boaſts, vvhile they reclined on ſofas in the portico, and vvere environed vvith delights both from nature and art, by vvhich any honeſt minds vvould have been tempered to benevolence, and happy imaginations vvould have been ſoothed into enchantment."figurativelyobsoletetransitive

5. (obsolete)Examples: "Tendaia (vvhich firſt obtained the Philippine title) enuironeth a hundred and ſixtie leagues, from tvvelue to fifteene degrees of latitude: the people Idolatrous, abounding vvith Pepper, Ginger, Gold, and Mynes."obsoletetransitive

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