environ
verb
[ ɪnˈvʌɪrən ]
• surround; enclose.
• "the stone circle was environed by an expanse of peat soil"
Similar:
surround,
encircle,
enclose,
ring,
envelop,
blanket,
swathe,
swaddle,
wrap,
cloak,
Origin:
Middle English (formerly also as inviron ): from Old French environer, from environ ‘surroundings’, from en ‘in’ + viron ‘circuit’ (from virer ‘to turn, veer’).
