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   environ

   /ɪnˈvʌɪrən/

   verb

   • 1. surround; enclose: formal "the stone circle was environed by an expanse of peat soil"

   Word Origin Middle English (formerly also as inviron): from Old French environer, from environ ‘surroundings’, from en ‘in’ + viron ‘circuit’ (from virer ‘to turn, veer’).

   Scrabble Points: 10

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