Environ
Environ , transitive verb
[French environner, from environ about, thereabout; pref. en- (Latin in) + Old French viron circle, circuit, from Old French & French virer to turn, Late Latin virare to turn up and down, topsy-turvy. Compare Veer.]
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.
Environed he was with many foes.
Environ me with darkness whilst I write.
Environ , adverb
[French]
About; around. [Obsolete]
Lord Godfrey's eye three times environ goes.