The Collaborative International Dictionary
Environ \En*vi"ron\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Environed; p. pr. & vb. n. Environing.] [F. environner, fr. environ about, thereabout; pref. en- (L. in) + OF. viron circle, circuit, fr. OF. & F. virer to turn, LL. virare to turn up and down, topsy-turvy. Cf. Veer.] To surround; to encompass; to encircle; to hem in; to be round about; to involve or envelop.
Dwelling in a pleasant glade,
With mountains round about environed.
--Spenser.
Environed he was with many foes.
--Shak.
Environ me with darkness whilst I write.
--Donne.
Wiktionary
vb. (en-past of: environ)
Usage examples of "environed".
Accordingly the earl began to make incursions of the frontiers into what Smith calls the Land of Zarkam--among rocky mountains, where were some Turks, some Tartars, but most Brandittoes, Renegadoes, and such like, which he forced into the Plains of Regall, where was a city of men and fortifications, strong in itself, and so environed with mountains that it had been impregnable in all these wars.
It was an eminence which commanded an entire view of the lake, and of the stupendous mountains that environed it.
With most strange gestures and passions he began his invocation, and environed the fire with a circle of meale.