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Examples of environ in a Sentence
a decaying, impoverished city environed by affluent suburbs
Origin and Etymology of environ
Middle English envirounen, from Anglo-French enviruner, from envirun around, from en in (from Latin in) + virun circle, from virer to turn — more at 1veer
First Known Use: 14th century
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