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† enˈvire, v. Obs. Also ? 4 envere, 6 envoyre. [a. OF. envire-r (occuring in sense ‘to turn round’) f. en (see en-1) + virer to veer.] = environ v. (It is doubtful whether the first quot. belongs here.)
[a1400Morte Arth. 1694 Myne armez are of ancestrye enueryde with lordez.] 14..Lydg. MS. Soc. Antiq. 134 (Halliw.) Of the Holy Gost rounde aboute envirid. 1513Bradshaw St. Werburge (1848) 137 The sayd abbay Enuired with walles myghty to assay. c1530Ld. Berners Arth. Lyt. Bryt. (1814) 252 Enuoyred with greate and depe dyches ful of water. |