environed

Webster's Dictionary (1913)

“environed” is listed under Environ.

Origin: 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.

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.— Edmund Spenser

Environed he was with many foes.— William Shakespeare

Environ me with darkness whilst I write.— John Donne

Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), from GCIDE 0.54