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▪ I. environing, vbl. n.|ɛnˈvaɪrənɪŋ|
[f. environ v. + -ing1.]
The action of the verb environ. Also concr. That which environs or surrounds; the circumference.
c1374Chaucer Boeth. ii. vii. 56 Al þe envyronynge of þe erþe aboute ne halt but þe resoun of a prykke at regard of þe gretnesse of heuene. Ibid. v. iv. 165 But þe eye of intelligence is heyȝer for it sourmounteþ þe envirounynge of þe vniuersite, etc. 1656Heylin Surv. France 34 The principal environings are made by the Seine and the Marne. 1879Athenæum 11 Oct. 476/2 In the midst of his customary environings the Duc de Richelieu receives a visit from a young lady.
▪ II. environing, ppl. a.|ɛnˈvaɪrənɪŋ|
[f. environ v. + -ing2.]
That environs, surrounds, envelops.
1641–1706Evelyn Mem. (1819) I. 136 Full of sweet shrubbs in the invironing hedges. 1832Downes Lett. Cont. Countries I. 72 Blocks of granite, detached from the environing heights. 1860Ruskin Mod. Paint. V. vii. ii. § 4. 113 London..loses at least two out of three sunrises, owing to the environing smoke. 1951D. Riesman in A. W. Loos Relig. Faith & World Culture 62 We can distinguish conceptually between the needs of society (as a system of social organization) and those of the environing group (as a system of psychological ties and expectations). 1957G. Clark Archæol. & Society (ed. 3) i. 36 Their environing habitats and biomes. |