surround, environ, ring, skirt, border
(verb) extend on all sides of simultaneously; encircle; “The forest surrounds my property”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
environ (plural environs)
(especially in plural) A surrounding area
environ (third-person singular simple present environs, present participle environing, simple past and past participle environed)
To surround; to encircle.
Source: Wiktionary
En*vi"ron, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Environed; p. pr. & vb. n. Environing.] Etym: [F. environner, fr. environ about, thereabout; pref. en- (L. in) + OF. viron circle, circuit, fr. OF. & F. virer to turn, LL. virare to turn up and down, topsy-turvy. Cf. Veer.]
Definition: To surround; to encompass; to encircle; to hem in; to be round about; to involve or envelop. Dwelling in a pleasant glade, With mountains round about environed. Spenser. Environed he was with many foes. Shak. Environ me with darkness whilst I write. Donne.
En*vi"ron, adv. Etym: [F.]
Definition: About; around. [Obs.] Lord Godfrey's eye three times environ goes. Fairfax.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
29 April 2024
(noun) a geological process in which one edge of a crustal plate is forced sideways and downward into the mantle below another plate
The word “coffee” entered the English language in 1582 via the Dutch “koffie,” borrowed from the Ottoman Turkish “kahve,” borrowed in turn from the Arabic “qahwah.” The Arabic word qahwah was traditionally held to refer to a type of wine.
