environing
1Environing — Environ En*vi ron, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Environed}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Environing}.] [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… …
2environing influence — index atmosphere Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 …
3environing — en·vi·ron || ɪn vaɪərÉ™n v. form a circle; encircle, surround …
4environing — …
5English words first attested in Chaucer — Contents 1 Etymology 2 List 2.1 Canterbury Tales General Prologue …
6surrounding — n 1. perimeter, enclosure, belt, border. See surround(def. 3). 2. surroundings environs, neighborhood, vicinity, vicinage, region, area, locale, district, section; environment, habitat, setting, Fr. mise en scene. scene, entourage, milieu,… …
7Environ — En*vi ron, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Environed}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Environing}.] [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.… …
8Environed — Environ En*vi ron, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Environed}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Environing}.] [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… …
9Environment — En*vi ron*ment, n. [Cf. F. environnement.] 1. Act of environing; state of being environed. [1913 Webster] 2. That which environs or surrounds; surrounding conditions, influences, or forces, by which living forms are influenced and modified in… …
10environs — noun plural Date: 1665 1. the districts around a city 2. a. environing things ; surroundings b. an adjoining region or space ; vicinity …