environ

environ

verb

Definition of ENVIRON

to form a circle around <a decaying, impoverished city environed by affluent suburbs>

Synonyms circle, compass, embrace, encircle, enclose (also inclose), encompass, environ, gird, girdle, ring, wreathe

Related Words circumscribe, close in, cordon (off), fence (in), hem (in), wall; beset, besiege, entrench (also intrench), invest, swarm