environ

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Contents 1 English 1.1 Verb 2 French 2.1 Pronunciation 2.2 Adverb 2.3 Anagrams

[edit] English

[edit] Verb

to environ (third-person singular simple present environs, present participle environing, simple past and past participle environed)

1. 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.

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[edit] French

[edit] Pronunciation

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• IPA: /ɑ̃.vi.ʁɔ̃/, SAMPA: /A~.vi.RO~/

[edit] Adverb

environ

1. about, close to, around

[edit] Anagrams

• Anagrams of einnorv
• innover