Definition of "environ" in English

adverb

1. In the neighbourhood; around.

2. Almost, nearly.

verb

1. To encircle or surround (someone or something).

2. To cover, enclose, or envelop (someone or something).

3. Followed by from: to hide or shield (someone or something).

4. (chiefly passive voice) Of a person: to be positioned or stationed around (someone or something) to attend to or protect them.

5. (figuratively) Of a situation or state of affairs, especially danger or trouble: to happen to and affect (someone or something).

6. To amount to or encompass (a space).

7. To travel completely around (a place or thing); to circumnavigate.

noun

1. (archaic except in the plural, formal, also figuratively) A surrounding area or place (especially of an urban settlement); an environment.

   • Naples and its environs