ENVI'RON, v.t. [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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