Definition of "environ" [en•vi•ron]

• To encircle; surround. See Synonyms at surround. (verb-transitive)

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• "Guess now that B ‘n’ A have gone 180 degrees from on-the-set sex to full-time kiddo wrangling, a more wholesome environ is required."
• "If global warming is pure crap, then we can die of pollution in a temperate environ, which is impossible anyway."
• "This provides the kind of environ - ment where individuals are free to solve their problems, economic, personal, environmental, and otherwise."