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† enˈround, v. Obs.
[f. en-1 + round n.]
1. trans. To surround, encircle.
c1420Pallad. on Husb. i. 590 And other while an hen wol have the pippe, A white pellet that wol the tonge enrounde. 1580Sidney etc. Ps. xlvi. Kings with siege her walls enround. 1599Shakes. Hen. V, iv. Prol. 36 How dread an Army hath enrounded him. 1600Tourneur Transf. Met. lxii, And spies the multitude that him enround.
2. To ‘compass,’ try to bring about. Obs. rare—1.
1606Earl of Northampton in True & Perfect Relation Bbb j a, A crafty pate, enrounding violently the ruine of our Soueraigne. |