Environ vs Hem_in - What's the difference?
environ | hem_in | Related terms |
To surround; to encircle.
* 1673 , ”:
* Spenser
* Shakespeare
* John Donne
Environ is a related term of hem_in.
As verbs the difference between environ and hem_in
is that environ is to surround; to encircle while hem_in is to surround and enclose.environ
English
Verb
(en verb)- I did but prompt the age to quit their cloggs
- By the known rules of antient libertie,
- When strait a barbarous noise environs me
- Of Owles and Cuckoes, Asses, Apes and Doggs.
- Dwelling in a pleasant glade, / With mountains round about environed .
- Environed he was with many foes.
- Environ me with darkness whilst I write.
