Environ
WordNet
verb
(1) Be around
"Developments surround the town"
"The river encircles the village"
WiktionaryText
Verb
- To surround; to encircle.
- 1673, John Milton, “I did but prompt the age to quit their cloggs”:
- I did but prompt the age to quit their cloggs
- By the known rules of antient libertie,
- When strait a barbarous noise environs me
- Of Owles and Cuckoes, Asses, Apes and Doggs.
- 1673, John Milton, “I did but prompt the age to quit their cloggs”:
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