Part 3842

<hw>En*vi"ron</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <wordforms>[<tt>imp. & p. p.</tt> <er>Environed</er> <tt>(?)</tt>; <tt>p. pr. & vb. n.</tt> <er>Environing</er>.]</wordforms> <ety>[F. <ets>environner</ets>, fr. <ets>environ</ets> about, thereabout; pref. <ets>en-</ets> (L. <ets>in</ets>) + OF. <ets>viron</ets> circle, circuit, fr. OF. & F. <ets>virer</ets> to turn, LL. <ets>virare</ets> to turn up and down, topsy-turvy. Cf. <er>Veer</er>.]</ety> <def>To surround; to encompass; to encircle; to hem in; to be round about; to involve or envelop.</def>

<blockquote>Dwelling in a pleasant glade, With mountains round about <b>environed</b>. <i>Spenser.</i></blockquote>

<blockquote><b>Environed</b> he was with many foes. <i>Shak.</i></blockquote>

<blockquote><b>Environ</b> me with darkness whilst I write. <i>Donne.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Environ</h1> <Xpage=499>

<hw>En*vi"ron</hw>, <tt>adv.</tt> <ety>[F.]</ety> <def>About; around.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<blockquote>Lord Godfrey's eye three times <b>environ</b> goes. <i>Fairfax.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Environment</h1> <Xpage=499>

<hw>En*vi"ron*ment</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[Cf. F. <ets>environnement</ets>.]</ety>

<p><b>1.</b> <def>Act of environing; state of being environed.</def>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>That which environs or surrounds; surrounding conditions, influences, or forces, by which living forms are influenced and modified in their growth and development.</def>

<blockquote>It is no friendly <b>environment</b>, this of thine. <i>Carlyle.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Environs</h1> <Xpage=499>

<hw>En*vi"rons</hw> <tt>(?; 277)</tt>, <tt>n. pl.</tt> <ety>[F.]</ety> <def>The parts or places which surround another place, or lie in its neighborhood; suburbs; <as>as, the <ex>environs</ex> of a city or town</as>.</def>

<i>Chesterfield.</i>

<h1>Envisage</h1> <Xpage=499>

<hw>En*vis"age</hw> <tt>(?; 48)</tt>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <wordforms>[<tt>imp. & p. p.</tt> <er>Envisaged</er> <tt>(?; 48)</tt>; <tt>p. pr. & vb. n.</tt> <er>Envisaging</er> <tt>(?)</tt>.]</wordforms> <ety>[F. <ets>envisager</ets>; pref. <ets>en-</ets> (L. <ets>in</ets>) + <ets>visage</ets> face, visage. See <er>Visage</er>.]</ety> <def>To look in the face of; to apprehend; to regard.</def> <mark>[R.]</mark>

<i>Keats.</i>

<blockquote>From the very dawn of existence the infant must <b>envisage</b> self, and body acting on self. <i>McCosh.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Envisagement</h1> <Xpage=499>

<hw>En*vis"age*ment</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>The act of envisaging.</def>

<h1>Envolume</h1> <Xpage=499>

<hw>En*vol"ume</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <def>To form into, or incorporate with, a volume.</def> <mark>[R.]</mark>

<h1>Envolup</h1> <Xpage=499>

<hw>En*vol"up</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <ety>[See <er>Envelop</er>.]</ety> <def>To wrap up; to envelop.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<i>Chaucer.</i>

<h1>Envoy</h1> <Xpage=499>

<hw>En"voy</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[F. <ets>envoy\'82</ets> envoy, fr. <ets>envoyer</ets> to send; pref. <ets>en-</ets> (L. <ets>in</ets>) + <ets>voie</ets> way, L. <ets>via</ets>: cf. F. <ets>envoi</ets> an envoy (in sense 2). See <er>Voyage</er>, and cf. <er>Invoice</er>.]</ety>